Who is Sylvia? -- Poem for a false birth -- Baby in the bell jar: the symbolism of the novel -- Schizoid problem in creative wriitng -- Doing, being and being seen -- Fabrication of false selves and Daddy -- Mother and children -- Be(e)ing -- Psychotic poetry -- Artist, responsibility and freedom
Summary
This study of Sylvia Path is primarily a search for the meaning of her work, in which coherent and persuasive readings of a poetry which is frequently hard to follow and at times impenetrable force us to attend to the deeper significance of the poet's existential dilemma--tragic in its personal outcome
Analysis
Poetry in English American writers Plath, Sylvia 1932-1963 Images & themes Psychological aspects