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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Paperback - 2000

by Plath, Sylvia

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For the first time in publication are the complete, uncensored journals of poet Sylvia Plath that she kept during the last 12 years of her life. Sixty percent of this book is material that has never been made public before, and more fully reveals Plath's personal and literary struggles. Photos.

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  • Title The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
  • Author Plath, Sylvia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Condition New
  • Pages 768
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date 2000-10-17
  • Abridged Yes
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Abridged, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ00X1EL_ns
  • ISBN 9780385720250 / 0385720254
  • Weight 1.59 lbs (0.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.99 x 5.28 x 1.55 in (20.29 x 13.41 x 3.94 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Poets, American - 20th century, Plath, Sylvia
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00042024
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the publisher

Karen V. Kukil is assistant curator of rare books at Smith College, with particular responsibility for supervising scholarly use of the Sylvia Plath Collection.

From the jacket flap

First U.S. Publication
A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time.
Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, more fully revealing the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons. The complete Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work.

Media reviews

From reviews of the British edition:

"A literary event...The book has a raw immediacy that will only add to Plath's iconic reputation." -Harpers & Queens

"The journals are cause for celebration...Given the intensity and rawness of their writing, at moments it feels like walking straight into someone else's dream."-Jacqueline Rose

Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2000, Page 313
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2000, Page 1266
  • Library Journal, 09/15/2000, Page 76
  • New York Times, 11/05/2000, Page 10
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/25/2000, Page 95

About the author

SYLVIA PLATH was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. She began publishing poems and stories at a young age and by the time she entered Smith College had won several poetry prizes. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Cambridge, England, and married British poet Ted Hughes in London in 1956. The young couple moved to the States, where Plath became an instructor at Smith College. Later, they moved back to England, where Plath continued writing poetry and wrote her novel, The Bell Jar, which was first published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas in England in 1963. On February 11, 1963, Plath committed suicide. Her Collected Poems, published posthumously in 1981, won the Pulitzer Prize.

KAREN V. KUKIL is Associate Curator of Rare Books at Smith College, with particular responsibility for superervising scholarly use of the Sylvia Plath Collection.

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