Sylvia Plath (Great Writers)
β Scribed by Peter K. Steinberg
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 170
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Critics debate Plath's value as a writer: detractors call her overly sentimental, while admirers argue that she engendered whole movements of women's poetry. The works studied in this volume include The Bell Jar, A Fine White Flying Myth, and But I Have a Self to Recover. This title, Sylvia Plath, part of Chelsea House Publishersβ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Sylvia Plath through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Sylvia Plath, a chronology of the authorβs life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
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