The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath First U S PublicationA major literary event the complete uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath published in their entirety for the first time Sylvia Plath s journals were originally published in
First U.S PublicationA major literary event the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time.Sylvia Plath s journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath s husband, Ted Hughes This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twFirst U.S PublicationA major literary event the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time.Sylvia Plath s journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath s husband, Ted Hughes This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, fully revealing the intensity of the poet s personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons The complete Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath s life and work.
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Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer.Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wrote a semi autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas The book s protagonist, Esther Greenwood, is a bright, ambitious student at Smith College who begins to experience a mental breakdown while interning for a fashion magazine in New York The plot parallels Plath s experience interning at Mademoiselle magazine and subsequent mental breakdown and suicide attempt.Along with Anne Sexton, Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry initiated by Robert Lowell and W.D Snodgrass Despite her remarkable artistic, academic, and social success at Smith, Plath suffered from severe depression and underwent a period of psychiatric hospitalization She graduated from Smith with highest honours in 1955 and went on to Newnham College, Cambridge, in England, on a Fulbright fellowship Here she met and married the English poet Ted Hughes in 1956 For the following two years she was an instructor in English at Smith College.In 1960, shortly after Plath and Hughes returned to England from America, her first collection of poems appeared as The Colossus She also gave birth to a daughter, Frieda Rebecca Hughes and Plath s son, Nicholas Farrar, was born in 1962 Plath took her own life on the morning of February 11, 1963 Leaving out bread and milk, she completely sealed the rooms between herself and her sleeping children with wet towels and cloths Plath then placed her head in the oven while the gas was turned on.Her father was Otto Emil Plath.