The letters of Sylvia Plath: Volume 1, 1940-1956
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A major literary event: the first volume in the definitive, complete collection of the letters of Sylvia Plathmost never before seen. One of the most beloved poets of the modern age, Sylvia Plath continues to inspire and fascinate the literary world. While her renown as one of the twentieth centurys most influential poets is beyond dispute, Plath was also one of its most captivating correspondents. The Letters of Sylvia Plath is the breathtaking compendium of this prolific writers correspondence with more than 120 people, including family, friends, contemporaries, and colleagues. The Letters of Sylvia Plath includes her correspondence from her years at Smith, her summer editorial internship in New York City, her time at Cambridge, her experiences touring Europe, and the early days of her marriage to Ted Hughes in 1956. Most of the letters are previously unseen, including sixteen letters written by Plath to Hughes when they were apart after their honeymoon. This magnificent compendium also includes twenty-seven of Plaths own elegant line drawings taken from the letters she sent to her friends and family, as well as twenty-two previously unpublished photographs. This remarkable, collected edition of Plaths letters is a work of immense scholarship and care, presenting a comprehensive and historically accurate text of the known and extant letters that she wrote. Intimate and revealing, this masterful compilation offers fans and scholars generous and unprecedented insight into the life of one of our most significant poets.
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subject_facet | Electronic books Plath, Sylvia -- Correspondence Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The letters of Sylvia Plath. : Volume 1, 1940-1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 1 1940-1956 The letters of Sylvia Plath. Volume 1, 1940-1956 / edited by Karen Kukil, Peter K. Steinberg The letters of Sylvia Plath. Volume 1, 1940-1956 [electronic resource] Plath, Sylvia, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The letters of Sylvia Plath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | Volume 1, 1940-1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Electronic books Fiction Literary Anthologies Plath, Sylvia Poets, American |