Ted Hughes's Birthday letters, published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In Ariel's gift, Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, p... » 

Ted Hughes's Birthday letters, published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In Ariel's gift, Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. «