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Ariel
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Ariel
These poems are, in Robert Lowells' words, events rather than the record of events, and as such, represent the triumph of the poet's romantic ambition.
Ariel is the volume upon which rests Sylvia Plath's reputation as one of the most original, daring and gifted poets of the twentieth century.
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The poems in this book, including many of her best known such as Lady Lazarus, Daddy, and Fever 103, were all written between the publication in 1960 of Sylvia Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963.
If the poems are despairing, vengeful, and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to things, and also unusually clever, sardonic, and hard-minded. They are works of great artistic purity and, despite all the nihilism, great generosity. The book is a major literary event.
A. Alvarez in the Observer.
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Reviews of Ariel by Sylvia Plath highlight the profound impact of her last poems, with many readers finding them powerful and myth-like. Her work is often noted for its vivid, unsettling impression on both critics and readers, capturing the emotional tone of the era with uncompromising brilliance. The poems are praised for their boldness and represent a significant, lasting contribution to poetry.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571086269
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 May 2001
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 120g
Pages: 96
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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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