My soon to be published second edition of ‘Capriccio: A Novel’, will contain supplementary material, including the essay below: On CAPRICCIO: The Lost Poems of Ted Hughes CAPRICCIO, Ted Hughes’s series of twenty poems about his relationship with Assia Gutmann Wevill, was first produced in 1990 as a luxurious leather-covered volume, with grotesque illustrations by Leonard…
Tag: Ted Hughes and Kabbalah
Ted Hughes, Assia, and the Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה) literally means “receiving/tradition”. It is an ancient series of spiritual teachings originating in the twelfth century BC, in the town of Safed in Palestine. Notes found in Ted Hughes’ loose leaf notebook in the British Library summarise the story of a Jewish Talmudist, Rabbah bar Hannah, who set down his life story of…
