by Sylvia Plath
Hughes, Gerald (SP’s brother-in-law), 79, 321, 390, 559, 566, 710, 752, 794, 799; SP’s correspondence with, 124–5, 201, 220–2, 269, 285, 321–2, 457, 518–19, 636–7, 690–1, 771–2, 780; TH’s correspondence with, 124n, 269n, 285n, 457n, 518n, 771n, 780n
Hughes, Joan Whelan (SP’s sister-in-law), 79, 321, 559, 566; SP’s correspondence with, 321–2; TH’s correspondence with, 124n, 269n, 285n, 457n, 518n, 771n, 780n
Hughes, Nicholas Farrar (SP’s son), 713–16, 719–23, 725–9, 731–2, 734–6, 738–9, 741–2, 744–6, 748–52, 755, 757–62, 764–5, 768–9, 771–2, 774, 776–7, 780–1, 783, 785, 789–90, 792–6, 799, 801, 803–5, 810, 812–17, 821–2, 825–6, 828–35, 838–48, 850–2, 856–7, 859–64, 866, 868–9, 871, 873–6, 878–9, 881–4, 886–7, 889–90, 892, 895–900, 904, 907, 911–12, 914–16, 919–20, 922, 924, 927–31, 933–8, 940–4, 946–51, 954–69; birth of, 711, 713–14, 722–3, 725, 736–7, 748–50, 752, 803; christening of, 738, 745, 785; clothes of, 634, 677, 714, 720, 722, 734, 741–2, 745, 769, 785, 842, 884, 931, 942, 949, 963; eyes of, 838, 896, 900, 906, 912, 922, 924, 935, 943, 949; godparents of, 860; photographs of, 759, 762, 768, 773, 785, 809, 939; SP’s dedications to, 898, 929, 937; SP’s descriptions of, 713–15, 719, 727, 729, 731, 739, 742, 745, 748, 750–2, 758, 760–1, 764–5, 768, 771–2, 774, 776, 783, 785, 822, 832, 838, 875, 882, 912, 915, 924, 928, 930–1, 934, 936–7, 943–4, 948–9, 965; teething of, 832, 856
Hughes, Olwyn Marguerite (SP’s sister-inlaw), 13, 19, 79, 124, 139, 145, 225n, 230, 375–6, 377, 379, 385, 390, 409, 414, 421, 431, 433, 436n, 527, 530n, 558–9, 562–8, 708, 711, 721, 797, 799, 830, 861, 871, 874, 877, 920, 923, 936; SP’s correspondence with, 210–12, 254–6, 286, 322–4, 413–14, 449, 473, 532–3, 549, 688–90, 785–6; SP’s descriptions of, 19, 375–6, 379, 558–9, 562–8, 797, 799; TH’s correspondence with, 413n, 449n, 473n, 532n, 549n
Hughes, Peter, The Emperor’s Oblong Pancake, 771n
Hughes, Sylvia Plath, see Plath, Sylvia
Hughes, Ted (Edward James) (SP’s husband), 3–5, 7–10, 12–15, 17–22, 25–43, 45–66, 69–74, 76–103, 106–13, 115–17, 119–21, 123–5, 127–30, 132–6, 138–73, 175–6, 179–80, 182–3, 185–215, 217–21, 226–30, 233–44, 248–67, 269–76, 280–93, 296, 298n, 299–302, 306–10, 312–13, 316–17, 319–21, 323, 326, 329–31, 333–7, 340, 345, 348, 350, 352–6, 358–9, 361–7, 372–6, 378–86, 388–90, 392n, 393–403, 405–7, 409–10, 413, 415, 417–22, 426n, 427–9, 430n, 431–61, 463–7, 471–7, 479–99, 501–11, 513, 515–28, 530–6, 538–40, 542–56, 558–74, 576–87, 589–93, 595–601, 603, 606–10, 612–14, 618–24, 627, 628n, 630, 633–40, 642–7, 649, 651–8, 662, 665–9, 671–7, 680–1, 687–99, 701, 704–10, 712–17, 719–20, 724, 727–34, 736, 738–52, 754, 756–8, 760–5, 767–8, 770–2, 776–80, 782–3, 785, 788, 790–4, 796–9, 801–8, 811, 813–14, 816–18, 822, 825–52, 855–6, 858–63, 865–8, 871–84, 887–90, 892–3, 894n, 895, 897–901, 904–5, 907n, 909–12, 914, 919–20, 922, 924–5, 928, 931, 933, 936–8, 940–1, 943–8, 950–2, 954, 956, 958, 960–1, 964–5, 967–9; adultery of, 790n, 791–9, 802–7, 827–30, 832, 834–5, 837, 840, 842–5, 847–52, 855, 857n, 850, 861, 865–6, 868–9, 871–2, 874, 876–7, 881, 898–9, 920, 925, 937, 945, 958, 961, 968; articles about, 185–7, 190–1, 199, 214, 429, 443–4, 716n, 764n, 771; awards of, 71, 97, 154, 276, 313, 441–2, 445, 448, 451, 535–6, 592, 609, 623, 641n; beekeeping of, 779–80, 782–3; birthday of, 190, 265, 270, 499, 501–2, 637, 695, 713, 811; broadcasts of, 4n, 475n, 493n, 498, 505, 513, 515, 522, 525, 527, 532, 542, 544, 545n, 549, 551n, 555, 564, 571n, 573, 581, 599, 606, 609n, 640, 652n, 657n, 690n, 720, 728, 732, 744, 751, 757–8, 765, 777n, 783n, 786n, 803; carpentry of, 20, 33, 402, 405–6, 410, 413, 422, 454, 479, 527, 643, 646, 651–3, 655, 658, 663, 665, 689, 694, 705, 707, 721, 724; character of, 676, 760, 791–5, 798–9, 803–4, 817, 827–30, 836–8, 840, 842, 848, 850, 852, 855, 858, 861, 863, 865–6, 869–72, 874, 876–8, 881, 889, 919, 937, 945, 958, 961, 965, 967; circadian rhythms of, 51, 197–8, 316, 365, 378, 458, 504, 570, 631; clothes of, 25, 46, 97, 139, 168, 205, 320–2, 335, 352, 378–81, 400, 502, 504, 506, 508, 640, 699, 704n, 710, 721, 733; cooking of, 46, 187, 379, 383, 427, 440, 446, 453, 485, 715, 717, 721, 736; drawings of, 292–3, 739; dreams of, 680; drinking of, 19–20, 41, 50, 66, 72, 114, 127, 153, 156, 169, 175, 179, 193, 196, 204, 212, 240–1, 263, 299, 428, 431, 459, 461, 464, 516, 518–19, 712, 827–8 driving of, 175, 194, 197–8, 203, 205, 207, 209, 335, 341, 344, 347–8, 608, 621, 629, 652, 796, 807, 832; emigration and immigration of, 18–19, 25, 29, 47–8, 52–3, 66, 70, 97, 102–3, 106, 115–16, 119, 122, 139, 147, 151, 534; exercise of, 36, 89, 99, 125, 139, 146, 167, 197, 212, 251, 253–4, 256–7, 260, 264, 276, 291, 332–3, 336, 372, 374, 378, 433, 435, 445, 447, 504, 506, 556, 632, 663, 681, 710; family background of, 122, 259, 797, 847, 852, 863, 868; family violence of, 244, 565, 830; fan mail of, 445, 477, 507, 765, 778, 792; fatherhood of, 453, 520, 531, 538–40, 554, 578, 581, 583, 585, 597, 653, 711, 717, 727, 732, 736, 752, 802–3, 830, 834, 841, 849, 851–2, 858, 881, 920, 945, 950, 964–5; finances of, 10–11, 18, 21, 25, 28–9, 38, 41, 133, 159, 166, 171–2, 203, 276, 393–4, 451, 491, 493, 495, 657, 710, 712, 717, 732, 769, 778, 814, 830, 833, 835, 840, 844, 849–51, 855, 860, 862–3, 865–6, 868, 870, 881, 884, 888, 890, 893, 936–7, 952, 961, 967; creative writing and readings, 4, 25, 63, 74, 97, 168, 189–90, 203, 212, 243, 261, 263–4, 267, 313, 319, 359, 441, 466, 475, 498n, 502, 507–8, 510–11, 515, 532, 581, 592, 599, 623, 688, 698, 705, 769, 852, 878; fishing of, 80, 82–3, 113, 120, 129, 212, 244, 269–70, 332–4, 339, 341–2, 348, 361–2, 364, 771, 773, 790, 805; gardening of, 637, 642, 647, 651, 653–5, 663, 668, 674–5, 689–90, 694, 730–1, 740–4, 749–50, 752, 756, 763–8, 770, 772, 778, 780–2, 790, 802; goals of, 37, 57, 81, 103, 133, 157, 208, 301, 507, 578, 607, 647, 649, 689, 740, 749, 791, 805, 830, 869, 881; homesickness of, 306, 313, 331; honeymoon of, 36, 791; hygiene of, 25, 60–1, 97, 218, 335, 347–9, 469, 810, 828; illnesses of, 17, 45, 83, 167, 169, 193–4, 197, 215, 384, 521, 524, 565; interpersonal relations with North Tawton neighbours, 714, 765, 817; library of, 36, 46, 72, 126, 138, 140, 146, 153, 171, 406, 556, 647, 688, 707–8, 720n, 917n; life insurance of, 717, 765, 847, 870, 883, 888, 911, 922; nursing of SP, 45, 153, 195, 208, 383, 399, 440, 446, 448, 485, 577–8, 717, 828; occultism of, 9, 555; occupations of, 4, 8, 35–6, 41, 490, 806; perfectionism, 141, 184, 188, 549n, 727, 739; personality traits of, 57, 100, 149, 157, 239, 267, 312, 322, 433, 440, 473, 518, 521, 524–5, 542, 550, 555, 599, 676, 701, 760, 779, 791–2, 822, 828, 852, 871, 877, 937, 951, 961; philosophical beliefs of, 57, 143, 239, 505; photographs of, 18, 40, 47, 53, 55, 63, 103, 113, 125, 234n, 334, 346, 358, 429, 440, 444, 475, 484, 488, 491–2, 501, 505, 507, 509–11, 513, 716; poetry and drama readings of, 189, 218, 221, 228–9, 428, 445, 476, 481, 510, 628, 676, 803; poetry judging of, 657, 816n; procrastination of, 100, 446, 676, 686, 693, 822; proofreading of, 141, 148, 165, 330n, 363–4, 385, 398; public speaking of, 315–16, 359, 560–1, 609, 628, 676, 803; publications of, 4, 11–12, 17, 26n, 35, 126, 133–4, 142, 156, 160, 163–5, 203, 207, 212, 269, 272, 285, 300, 307, 397, 491, 502, 592, 677, 682, 698, 739; reading of, 21, 36, 50, 147, 198, 259, 275, 288, 320, 335, 647, 694; recordings of, 3–4, 8, 36, 93, 115, 133, 192, 230, 466–7, 475, 493, 510, 545, 569, 579, 581, 652, 657, 663, 688, 758, 783n, 786n; reputation of (at Cambridge), 877; smoking of, 832, 877; SP’s dating of, 877; SP’s dedications to, 415, 468; SP’s descriptions of, 21, 27, 29–31, 34–6, 38–9, 41, 49, 51 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 66, 84, 116, 122–3, 128, 135, 164–5, 281, 290, 321–2, 352, 381, 433, 453, 465, 471, 518, 554, 559, 578, 590, 593, 689, 691, 710, 782, 792, 798, 802–5, 814, 822, 827, 829–30, 840, 847, 852, 855, 858, 866, 868–9, 878–9, 884, 889, 895, 901, 919–20, 945, 952, 961, 967; SP’s first meeting of, 72, 77, 165, 180, 218, 221, 299, 431; SP’s hypnotizing of, 122, 446, 449–50, 519, 668; SP’s independence from, 793, 828, 844, 847, 852, 861, 865, 878–9, 888, 891, 897, 899–901, 905, 925, 928, 931, 940, 945, 947, 958, 961–2; SP’s marriage to, 7�
�8, 10, 12, 14, 17–20, 32–4, 37, 49, 70, 73, 135, 148, 150, 198, 244, 259, 559, 563, 565, 609, 712, 717, 790–807, 827–8, 842–3, 845, 851–2, 855, 858, 868, 871, 874, 876–9, 891, 920, 952, 961, 967–8; SP’s premarital relationship with, 829; SP’s relationship with, 717, 777, 790–807, 828, 849, 858, 861, 866, 868–9, 876–7, 879, 888, 891, 897, 899, 901, 910–11, 925, 945, 961, 967; taxation of, 267, 624, 693, 698, 703; teaching of, 18, 21, 27–8, 30, 33, 35, 39, 51, 55, 66, 85, 95, 98, 109, 122, 124–5, 138, 207, 569; teeth of, 61, 526, 734, 745, 865; typing of, 569, 619, 622, 627, 677; unemployment of, 198; voyages and travels of, 8, 25, 29, 32, 44–5, 83, 125, 145, 151, 315–16, 332–57, 372–5, 392–5, 411, 419, 504, 558, 624, 628–31, 667n, 821; x-rays of, 194;
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS:
scrapbook (publications), 11n, 26n, 71n, 83n, 90n, 96–7n, 103n, 112n, 113, 132n, 142n, 154n, 160n, 167n, 175, 189, 218n, 276n, 286n, 313n, 560n
WORKS:
‘According to Elsa’ (book review), 672n, 688; ‘Acrobats’, 211, 230n, 244n; ‘Air’, 652n; ‘The Ancient Heroes and the Bomber Pilot’, 97n; ‘Arnold Wesker: “A Sort of Socialism”’ (book review), 515n;
‘Bartholomew Pig’, see ‘Bartholomew Pygge, Esq.;‘Bartholomew Pygge, Esq.’, 84n, 126, 128, 134; ‘Bawdry Embraced’, 17, 92, 94, 101; ‘Bayonet Charge’, 73; ‘The Beach’, 649n; ‘Billet-Doux’, 83n, 133; ‘Billy Hook and the Three Souvenirs’, 198n, 203, 212, 233, 251, 255–6, 260, 264, 269, 275; Birthday Letters, 649n; ‘The Bull Moses’, 256n, 307n; ‘Bullfrog’, 160, 189, 230n, 244n, 292, 573n, 581;
Calm, The (unpublished play), 516, 524, 542, 544, 555, 573, 578, 581, 607, 614, 619, 622; ‘The Caning’, 379, 400, 418, 502n; ‘The Captain’s Speech’, 498n, 502n, 505, 507, 515; ‘Capturing Animals’, 569n, 657n; ‘The Casualty’, 5, 97n; ‘Cat and Mouse’, 233n, 285n; Collected Poems of Ted Hughes, 493n, 639n; ‘Constancy’, 269n; ‘The Courting of Petty Quinnet’, 251, 392, 400; ‘Crag Jack’s Apostasy’, 263n; ‘Creatures of the Air’, 783n; ‘Crow Hill’, 218, 221, 230n, 244n, 300;
‘Dick Straightup’, 211, 215, 230n, 244n, 300; Difficulties of a Bridegroom, 807; ‘The Dove-Breeder’, 142, 230n; ‘Dr Seuss’ (book review), 771n; ‘A Dream of Horses’, 269n, 720n; ‘The Drowned Woman’, 11, 63, 92, 94, 101;
‘Earth’, 652n; Earth-Owl and Other Moon-People, 866n; ‘England’s Toughest Community’ (book review), 482n; ‘Esther’s Tomcat’, 294, 300, 316, 396; ‘Everyman’s Odyssey’, 156n, 242n;
‘A Fable’, 509n, 515n; ‘Famous Poet’, 83n, 112, 124, 126, 128, 134, 230n; ‘February’, 221n, 288n, 307n; ‘A Few Sweet Words’ (book review), 672n, 688; ‘Fire’, 652n; ‘Fishing at Dawn’, 656n; Five American Poets, 712n; ‘Flanders, 1960’, 606n, 609; ‘Four Poems’, 156n; ‘Fox Tales of the Orient’ (provisional book), 316–17;
‘The Gentle Art’, 571n; ‘The Gibbons’, 502n; ‘The Good Life’, 156n, 263n, 300; ‘Gog’, 606n, 609; ‘Grand Songs, Great Songs’, 211, 227, 276; ‘Grief’s for Dead Soldiers’, 73; ‘Groom’s Dream’, see ‘A Dream of Horses’;
‘The Hag’, 17n, 164n, 234n, 272; ‘The Harvesting’, 541, 545, 549, 555, 564, 598n; The Hawk in the Rain, 17, 22, 71, 78–9, 85–6, 97, 101–3, 108, 110, 112, 132, 134, 141, 144, 148, 151, 152n, 161, 163, 165, 182, 214, 221, 261, 313, 385, 441–3, 474–5, 479; ‘The Hawk in the Rain’, 11, 73; ‘The Hawk in the Storm’, see ‘The Hawk in the Rain’; ‘Hawk Roosting’, 330n, 466n, 508n, 720n, 878; (quotation from), 803; ‘Her Husband’, 769n; ‘Historian’, 244n, 300; ‘The Horses’, 73, 230n; The House of Aries, 442, 461n, 482, 493, 495, 498n, 505, 510, 513, 515–16, 518, 521–3, 525–6, 529, 536, 538, 542, 544, 545, 549, 607; The House of Taurus (unpublished play), 313, 320–1, 362–3, 482, 493; How the Donkey Became and Other Fables (unpublished fables), 11–12, 26, 30–1, 33, 35, 42, 51, 69, 72, 77; How the Whale Became, 84, 86, 99, 111, 130, 866n;
‘Incompatibilities’, 164n; ‘Introduction’ (Leonard Baskin: Woodcuts and Engravings), 758n, 760;
‘The Jaguar’, 73, 97n, 187, 230n;
‘Keith Douglas’, 777n; ‘Kvinna Utan Medvetande’, 732n;
‘Last Lines’, 606n, 609, 656n; ‘Law in the Country of the Cats’, 5; ‘Letter’, 133n; Letters of Ted Hughes, 290n, 354n, 473n, 481n, 550n, 760n, 771n; ‘Lines to a Newborn Baby’, 493n, 502n; ‘The Little Boys and the Seasons’, 83n, 92, 133; Lupercal, 168n, 212, 218, 220, 263–4, 275, 281, 285, 287–8, 290, 297, 310, 313, 385, 397n, 412, 420, 422, 428–9, 434, 438, 440, 442–3, 448, 451, 457, 468, 474–6, 479, 482–3, 496, 502, 509, 592, 655n; ‘Lupercalia’, 285n, 288n;
‘Macaw and Little Miss’, 73, 83n, 126, 128, 134, 430n; ‘Mainly for Children’, 653n; ‘The Man Going Away’, 5; ‘A Man Seeking Experience Enquires His Way of a Drop of Water’, 5, 230n; ‘The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar’, 4n, 5, 14, 36, 97n, 102, 115, 234n, 272; Meet My Folks!, 285–6, 316, 320–1, 330, 397, 400, 420, 431, 438, 457, 480, 483, 487, 516, 524, 540, 554, 571, 581, 592, 595, 597, 599, 607, 609, 614, 619, 650, 744n; ‘Meeting’, 160n, 230n; ‘Memory’, 656n; ‘Miss Mambrett and the Wet Cellar’, 379, 400, 418, 502n; ‘A Modest Proposal’, 230n; ‘My Brother Bert’, 581n, 592, 595; ‘My Grandpa’, 581n 592, 595, 609, 614; ‘My Sister Jane’, 581n, 592, 595; ‘My Uncle’s Wound’, 577n;
‘Nessie’, 653, 671; Nessie and the Mannerless Monster, 866n; ‘Nicholas Ferrer’, 307n; ‘November’, 330n, 720n;
‘October Dawn’, 73, 186; The Odyssey, (translation of ‘The Storm’ Book V), 513, 515, 522, 525, 542, 544; ‘Of Cats’, 221n, 244n, 269n; ‘Only your ivory body’ [first line], 843n; ‘An Otter’, 260n, 493, 498, 720n; ‘Out’, 786n;
‘Parting’, 160n; ‘Pennines in April’, 221n, 263n, 269; ‘Pibroch’, 720n; ‘Pike’, 269n, 293, 307, 573n, 581, 720n; Poetry in the Making, 571n; ‘The Poetry of Keith Douglas’, 758n;
‘The Rag Rug’, 299n; ‘The Rain Horse’, 275n, 363–4, 368, 397–8, 400, 413, 418, 420, 440, 457, 468, 475, 480, 493, 516, 522, 525, 527; ‘Rats’, 211, 227, 276; ‘Relic’, 221n, 230n, 244n; ‘The Rescue’, 656n, 698n; ‘The Retired Colonel’, 263n, 720n; ‘The Road to Easington’, 786n; ‘Roarers in a Ring’, 26, 230n, 720n;
‘Secretary’, 160n; Selected Poems, 658n, 712; ‘Shells’, 203n; ‘Six Young Men’, 5, 186; ‘Snow’, 392, 397, 400, 413, 420, 457, 619, 640, 668, 671, 867; ‘Soliloquy’, 5; ‘Soliloquy of a Misanthrope’, see ‘Soliloquy’; ‘Song’, 144n; ‘Sparrow Desert’, 528, 533; ‘Still Life’, 545n; ‘Strawberry Hill’, 330n; ‘Sugar Loaf’, 606n, 609, 656n, 698n; ‘Sunday’, 275n, 368, 392, 397, 400, 406, 413, 420, 457; ‘Sunlight’, 843n;
Talks for Sixth Forms: ‘Poetry and Performance IV – Ted Hughes’, 493n; ‘Tankeräven’, 732n; Themes: ‘Creatures’, 466–7; ‘Things Present’, 156n, 230n, 263n; ‘Thistles’, 498n, 505, 509n, 515; ‘The Thought-Fox’, 160, 234n, 242n, 272, 276n, 281–3, 536, 720n, 732n; ‘Thrushes’, 164n, 230n, 242, 244n, 286, 300, 307n, 720n; ‘To F. R. at Six Months’, 639; ‘To Paint a Water-Lily’, 230n, 244n, 285n; ‘Toll of Air Raid’, 606n, 609; ‘Tomcat’, see ‘Esther’s Tomcat’; ‘Two Wise Generals’, 160n, 186;
‘Uncle Dan’, 487; ‘View of a Pig’, 233n, 244n;
‘The Voyage’, 307n;
‘Water’, 652n; ‘Wilfred Owen’s Photographs’, 233n, 256; ‘Wind’, 12, 83n, 126, 128, 134, 186, 230n, 378; ‘Wino’, 606n, 609; ‘Witches’, 156n, 230n, 244n, 269n; ‘Wodwo’, 656, 732n; ‘A Woman Unconscious’, 285n, 732n; The Wound, 652–3, 657, 670, 677, 714n, 720, 728, 732, 778;
‘Writing a Novel – Beginning’, 569n, 657n; ‘Writing a Novel – Going On’, 657n; ‘Writing in Britain Today’, 690n
Hughes, William Henry (SP’s father-in-law, ‘Willy’), 74, 121–2, 128, 138, 151, 372, 374, 377–9, 412, 421, 453, 503–4, 518, 520, 530n, 558, 565, 584, 695, 698, 708, 747, 758, 764, 773, 775–6, 778, 814, 830, 860, 862–3, 872, 890, 918, 933; SP’s correspondence with, 11–13, 30, 77–8, 90, 125–6, 152, 165, 190–1, 207–9, 233, 256–7, 276, 288–91, 298–301, 307–8, 319–20, 351–2, 363–4, 435, 441, 454, 662–3; SP’s descriptions of, 36, 503; TH’s correspondence with, 90n,
152n, 290n, 363n, 435–6n
Hughes-Stanton, Corin, 923n, 930, 942, 958
Hull, David Stewart, ‘Russian Film Direction . . . and the French in Moscow’, 690n
Hull, England, 426
Hume, David, 17
Humphries, Rolfe, 231n
Hungarians, 9, 255, 304
Hungary, 9, 15, 36, 38
Hunter, Evan, The Wonderful Button, 896n
Hunter, Jim, 398n
Hunter, Nancy Jean, see Steiner, Nancy Hunter
Huntington Hartford Colony, 361n