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of the Laureateship in 1984 at the time of the miners’ strike is highly illuminating,
whilst Hughes’s late divergence into the Classics benefits from being seen in the
light of his fellow Yorkshireman Tony Harrison’s work in the same area. Bentley
argues that Hughes’s versions of Alcestis, Phèdre, The Oresteia and The Eumenides
actively respond to Harrison, though his argument ultimately boils down to the
rather vague assertion that “the principal themes of Hughes’s Classics are not so differ
ent to those of Harrison” (p. 188). Altogether more convincing is Bentley’s reading of
Birthday Letters, where Hughes is seen to use the confessional mode so often associated
with Sylvia Plath to see himself newly clear as a product of familial and social history –
England’s history.
Weighing in at a mere 130 pages, this book is short and to the point. A number of
chapters, including the over-long Introduction, would have benefitted from greater
structural clarity, and there are occasions when the aggressively historical bent of the
analysis leads the author astray, most notably the suggestion that “[w]ith Crow,
Hughes attempts in poetry what the Beatles had done with Sgt. Pepper” (p. 89). Never
theless, this remains a vibrant and valuable contribution to the burgeoning field of
Hughes scholarship.
© 2015 S. J. perry
S. J. PERRY
University of Hull
Email: [email protected]
Sounds Interesting: Observations on English and General Phonetics
JOHN WELLS
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2014
217 pp., ISBN: 978-1-1074-2710-5, US$24.99 pb
In this book, John Wells shares his everyday experiences, thoughts and observations on
the theme of English pronunciation and of pronunciation in general. Coherent in some
places and more anecdotal in other places, this book makes for light reading for some
while being an indispensable collection to others.
Chapter 1 describes approaches and tools – etymology, cognates, orthography,
rhyme – Wells himself applies to decide how certain lesser used words are probably
pronounced; for instance, sloth, Madejski and pwn. It presents interesting insights
into how the brain of an experienced language observer works. Chapter 2 covers
two main themes and these are hidden amongst loose observations; this makes the
chapter slightly unbalanced and perhaps unnecessarily long. First of all, new ways to
approach weakening and compression are demonstrated. Secondly, there is a set of
comments on “r”. Both of these themes could do with a chapter of their own and
they deserve to be introduced separately.
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of the Laureateship in 1984 at the time of the miners’ strike is highly illuminating,
whilst Hughes’s late divergence into the Classics benefits from being seen in the
light of his fellow Yorkshireman Tony Harrison’s work in the same area. Bentley
argues that Hughes’s versions of Alcestis, Phèdre, The Oresteia and The Eumenides
actively respond to Harrison, though his argument ultimately boils down to the
rather vague assertion that “the principal themes of Hughes’s Classics are not so differ
ent to those of Harrison” (p. 188). Altogether more convincing is Bentley’s reading of
Birthday Letters, where Hughes is seen to use the confessional mode so often associated
with Sylvia Plath to see himself newly clear as a product of familial and social history –
England’s history.
Weighing in at a mere 130 pages, this book is short and to the point. A number of
chapters, including the over-long Introduction, would have benefitted from greater
structural clarity, and there are occasions when the aggressively historical bent of the
analysis leads the author astray, most notably the suggestion that “[w]ith Crow,
Hughes attempts in poetry what the Beatles had done with Sgt. Pepper” (p. 89). Never
theless, this remains a vibrant and valuable contribution to the burgeoning field of
Hughes scholarship.
© 2015 S. J. perry
S. J. PERRY
University of Hull
Email: [email protected]
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Sounds Interesting: Observations on English and General Phonetics
JOHN WELLS
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2014
217 pp., ISBN: 978-1-1074-2710-5, US$24.99 pb
In this book, John Wells shares his everyday experiences, thoughts and observations on
the theme of English pronunciation and of pronunciation in general. Coherent in some
places and more anecdotal in other places, this book makes for light reading for some
while being an indispensable collection to others.
Chapter 1 describes approaches and tools – etymology, cognates, orthography,
rhyme – Wells himself applies to decide how certain lesser used words are probably
pronounced; for instance, sloth, Madejski and pwn. It presents interesting insights
into how the brain of an experienced language observer works. Chapter 2 covers
two main themes and these are hidden amongst loose observations; this makes the
chapter slightly unbalanced and perhaps unnecessarily long. First of all, new ways to
approach weakening and compression are demonstrated. Secondly, there is a set of
comments on “r”. Both of these themes could do with a chapter of their own and
they deserve to be introduced separately.
Reviews 725
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