The Colossus
With this startling, exhilarating book of poems, which was first published in 1960, Sylvia Plath burst into literature with spectacular force. In such classics as "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," "I Want, I Want," and "Full Fathom Five," she writes about sows and skeletons, fathers and suicides, about the noisy imperatives of life and the chilly hunger for death. Graceful in their craftsmanship, wonderfully original in their imagery, and presenting layer after layer of meaning, the forty poems in The Colossus are early artifacts of genius that still possess the power to move, delight, and shock.
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The Colossus
With this startling, exhilarating book of poems, which was first published in 1960, Sylvia Plath burst into literature with spectacular force. In such classics as "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," "I Want, I Want," and "Full Fathom Five," she writes about sows and skeletons, fathers and suicides, about the noisy imperatives of life and the chilly hunger for death. Graceful in their craftsmanship, wonderfully original in their imagery, and presenting layer after layer of meaning, the forty poems in The Colossus are early artifacts of genius that still possess the power to move, delight, and shock.
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The Colossus

The Colossus

by Sylvia Plath
The Colossus

The Colossus

by Sylvia Plath

Overview

With this startling, exhilarating book of poems, which was first published in 1960, Sylvia Plath burst into literature with spectacular force. In such classics as "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," "I Want, I Want," and "Full Fathom Five," she writes about sows and skeletons, fathers and suicides, about the noisy imperatives of life and the chilly hunger for death. Graceful in their craftsmanship, wonderfully original in their imagery, and presenting layer after layer of meaning, the forty poems in The Colossus are early artifacts of genius that still possess the power to move, delight, and shock.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780571240081
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Publication date: 04/03/2008
Series: Faber Poetry
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) is one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Her circle included National Book Award winner Robert Lowell, Jr. (Life Studies and For The Union Dead) and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Sexton (The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton), both of whom encouraged Plath to use her own experiences – including her treatment for depression – in her poems. This was a rather radical idea at the time, especially for a young woman. Plath's mother sued her to prevent publication of her semi–autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, originally considered so scandalous that it was first released under a pseudonym but is now a celebrated modern classic. Plath's poetry collection Ariel was published after her suicide in 1963; her single volume The Collected Poems won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously in 1982.

Date of Birth:

October 27, 1932

Date of Death:

February 11, 1963

Place of Birth:

Boston, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A., Smith College, 1955; Fulbright Scholar, Cambridge University
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