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Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath

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Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath is a compelling collection of Sylvia Plath's most powerful and evocative poems. It traverses themes of personal struggle, identity, and the intricacies of the human psyche. Her verses mix stark imagery with emotional intensity, offering readers insight into Plath's profound inner world and her enduring literary legacy.
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You might enjoy this collection if you appreciate deeply introspective and intense poetic expression that delves into themes of identity, mental health, and the complexities of human experience. The vivid imagery and emotional depth might captivate fans of modern poetry, making it a profound addition to an arts and culture collection.

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Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath is one of the defining voices in twentieth-century poetry. The poems are taken from Sylvia Plath's four collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees, and include many of her most celebrated works, such as 'Daddy', 'Lady Lazarus' and 'Wuthering Heights'.

The Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath offers a classic selection of the poetry of one of the twentieth century's most influential poets.

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When Sylvia Plath's Ariel was published posthumously, A. Alvarez in the Observer wrote: "If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to things, and also unusually clever, sardonic, hardminded. They are works of great artistic purity and, despite all the nihilism, great generosity. The book is a major literary event."

This selection made by Ted Hughes from all her work shows that Sylvia Plath is clearly a major poet of the twentieth century, a rare example of the egotistical sublime.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571135868

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Contributors:

  • Edited by Ted Hughes
  • Edited by Ted Hughes
  • Edited by Ted Hughes

Audience: Primary and secondary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 120g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963). Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

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