| Description |
xvii, 201 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Frieda Hughes -- I. Ariel and other poems -- Morning song -- The couriers -- The rabbit catcher -- Thalidomide -- The applicant -- Barren woman -- Lady Lazarus -- Tulips -- A secret -- The jailor -- Cut -- Elm -- The night dances -- The detective -- Ariel -- Death & Co -- Magi -- Lesbos -- The other -- Stopped dead -- Poppies in October -- The courage of shutting-up -- Nick and the candlestick -- Berck-Plage -- Gulliver -- Getting there -- Medusa -- Purdah -- The moon and the yew tree -- A birthday present -- Letter in November -- Amnesiac -- The rival -- Daddy -- You're -- Fever 103[degrees] -- The bee meeting -- The arrival of the bee box -- Stings -- Wintering -- II. Facsimile of the manuscript for Ariel and other poems -- III. Facsimile drafts of the poem "Ariel" -- App. I. "The swarm" -- Facsimile draft of the poem "The swarm" -- App. II. Script for the BBC broadcast "New poems by Sylvia Plath" |
| Summary |
"This facsimile edition restores, for the first time, the selection and arrangement of the poems as Sylvia Plath left them at the point of her death. In addition to the facsimile pages of Sylvia Plath's manuscript, this edition also includes in facsimile the complete working drafts of the title poem, "Ariel," in order to offer a sense of Plath's creative process, as well as notes the author made for the BBC about some of the manuscript's poems." "In her foreword to this volume, Frieda Hughes, Sylvia Plath's daughter, explains the reasons for the differences between the previously published edition of Ariel as edited by her father, Ted Hughes, and her mother's original version published here. With this publication, Sylvia Plath's legacy and vision will be reevaluated in the light of her original working draft."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
This ed. originally published: 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Plath, Sylvia. Ariel. -- Criticism, Textual
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Plath, Sylvia. Ariel -- Criticism, Textual
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
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Poets, American -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Personal correspondence.
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| ISBN |
057123609X (paperback) |
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9780571236091 (paperback) |
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