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The Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath [Paperback]

Description: Sylvia Plath began keeping a diary as a child. By the time she was at Smith College, when this book begins, she had settled into a nearly daily routine with her journal, which was also a sourcebook for her writing. Plath once called her journal her "Sargasso", her repository of imagination, "a litany of dreams, directives and imperatives", and in fact these pages contain the germs of most of her work. Plath's ambitions as a writer were urgent and ultimately all-consuming, requiring of her a heat, a fantastic chaos, even a violence that burned straight through her. The intensity of this struggle is rendered in her journal with an unsparing clarity, revealing both the frequent desperation of her situation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons. Written in electrifying prose, the journals provide unique insight, and are essential reading for all those who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work. An abridged version of the Journals was first published in 1982, edited by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. Now, for the first time, we have the complete journals, with all the material that had been suppressed by Hughes and by Plath's mother, Aurelia Plath, restored. What emerges is a more complete picture of the troubled poet, and especially a clearer view of the resentments she felt toward her husband and her mother. In addition, the inclusion of descriptions of her father -- a major presence in the Ariel poems -- and her parents' marriage, and of many sketches and ideas for stories and poems provide the reader with insight into the connections between Plath's life and her work.

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EAN: 9780385493918

UPC: 9780385493918

ISBN: 9780385493918

MPN: N/A

Book Title: Journals of Sylvia Plath

Number of Pages: 400 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication Year: 1998

Topic: Diaries & Journals, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Poetry

Item Height: 0.9 in

Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections

Item Weight: 12.2 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Sylvia Plath

Item Width: 5.3 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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