This volume contains all Sylvia Plath's mature poetry written from 1956 up to her death in 1963.
The text is preceded by an introduction by Ted Hughes and followed by notes and comments on individual poems. There is also an appendix containing fifty poems from Sylvia Plath's juvenilia.'For me, the most important literary event of 1981 has been the publication, eighteen years after her death, of Sylvia Plath's Collected Poems, confirming her as one of the most powerful and lavishly gifted poets of our time.' A. Alvarez in the Observer
By:
Sylvia Plath Edited by:
Ted Hughes Imprint: Faber & Faber Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 455g ISBN:9780571118380 ISBN 10: 0571118380 Pages: 351 Publication Date:01 July 2005 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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A / AS level
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Collected Poems
Her death at 30, by her own hand, sealed the Plath legend and set it afloat with all its mysteries. This edition contains all Plath's work, from the highly stylized poems of The Colossus to the final stark ones. (Kirkus UK)