The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath
Sylvia 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.
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The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath
Sylvia 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.
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The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath

The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath

by Jo Gill
The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath

The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath

by Jo Gill

Overview

Sylvia 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521686952
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 09/11/2008
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jo Gill is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

1. 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.
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