I am the arrow The life and art of Sylvia Plath in six poems
Book - 2025
Translator Sarah Ruden has long had a passion for Sylvia Plath's poetry. In this reconsideration of Plath's genius, Ruden argues that Plath is more than a consummate mythmaker; the poet herself takes on the role of the classical hero: striving, suffering, descending to an underworld that threatens meaninglessness and despair, and returning to speak the previously unspoken. For the first time, a writer and a woman becomes that hero. For Ruden, this achievement, like the deep learning and driving ambition that fueled it, has been overshadowed by the sensational and tragic details of Plath's life, especially her ill-starred marriage to British poet Ted Hughes and her suicide at the age of thirty. Ruden offers a much-needed corre...ctive through close readings of 6 poems.
Location | Call Number | Status | |
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2nd Floor New Shelf | 811.54/PlathYr | (NEW SHELF) | Due May 23, 2025 |
- Subjects
- Genres
- Literary criticism
Critiques littéraires - Published
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New York, NY :
Library of America
[2025]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 116 pages ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116).
- ISBN
- 9781598538137
- Introduction
- Mushrooms
- You're
- The babysitters
- The applicant
- Ariel
- Edge.