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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521686954
ISBN-139780521686952
eBay Product ID (ePID)66554674
Product Key Features
Number of Pages168 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath
Publication Year2008
SubjectWomen Authors, American / General, Poetry
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorJo Gill
SeriesCambridge Introductions to Literature Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2008-025534
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal811/.54
Table Of Content1. Life; 2. Contexts; 3. Early poetry; 4. Ariel and later poetry; 5. The Bell Jar and Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams; 6. Letters Home and Journals; 7. Reception; Further reading; Index.
SynopsisSylvia Plath is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century Anglo-American literature and culture. Her work has constantly remained in print in the UK and US (and in numerous translated editions) since the appearance of her first collection in 1960. Plath's own writing has been supplemented over the decades by a wealth of critical and biographical material. The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath provides an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the poetry, prose and autobiographical writings of Sylvia Plath. It offers a critical overview of key readings, debates and issues from almost fifty years of Plath scholarship, draws attention to the historical, literary, national and gender contexts which frame her writing and presents informed and attentive readings of her own work. This accessibly written book will be of great use to students beginning their explorations of this important writer., An authoritative and comprehensive guide to the poetry, prose and autobiographical writings of Sylvia Plath. Accessibly written, this book will be of great use to students beginning their explorations of this important writer.