Author: Sylvia Plath
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571301479
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Sylvia Plath was, for both English and American poetry, one of the defining voices of twentieth-century, and one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. Though she published just one collection in her lifetime, The Colossus, and a novel, The Bell Jar, it was following her death in 1963 that her work began to garner the wider audience that it deserved. The manuscript that she left behind, Ariel, was published in 1965 under the editorship of her former husband, Ted Hughes, as were two later volumes, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees in 1971, which helped to make Sylvia Plath a household name. Hughes's careful curation of Plath's work extended to a Collected Poems and a Selected Poems in the 1980s, which remain in print today and stand testimony to the 'profound respect' that Frieda Hughes said her father had for her mother's work. It was not until the publication of a 'restored' Ariel in 2004 that readers were able to appraise Plath's own selection and arrangement of her work. This edition of the poems, chosen by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, offers a fresh selection of Sylvia Plath's poetry to stand in parallel to the existing editions. Introduced with an inviting preface, the book is essential reading for those new to and already familiar with the work of this most extraordinary poet.
Sylvia Plath Poems Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy
Author: Sylvia Plath
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571301479
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Sylvia Plath was, for both English and American poetry, one of the defining voices of twentieth-century, and one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. Though she published just one collection in her lifetime, The Colossus, and a novel, The Bell Jar, it was following her death in 1963 that her work began to garner the wider audience that it deserved. The manuscript that she left behind, Ariel, was published in 1965 under the editorship of her former husband, Ted Hughes, as were two later volumes, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees in 1971, which helped to make Sylvia Plath a household name. Hughes's careful curation of Plath's work extended to a Collected Poems and a Selected Poems in the 1980s, which remain in print today and stand testimony to the 'profound respect' that Frieda Hughes said her father had for her mother's work. It was not until the publication of a 'restored' Ariel in 2004 that readers were able to appraise Plath's own selection and arrangement of her work. This edition of the poems, chosen by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, offers a fresh selection of Sylvia Plath's poetry to stand in parallel to the existing editions. Introduced with an inviting preface, the book is essential reading for those new to and already familiar with the work of this most extraordinary poet.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571301479
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Sylvia Plath was, for both English and American poetry, one of the defining voices of twentieth-century, and one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. Though she published just one collection in her lifetime, The Colossus, and a novel, The Bell Jar, it was following her death in 1963 that her work began to garner the wider audience that it deserved. The manuscript that she left behind, Ariel, was published in 1965 under the editorship of her former husband, Ted Hughes, as were two later volumes, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees in 1971, which helped to make Sylvia Plath a household name. Hughes's careful curation of Plath's work extended to a Collected Poems and a Selected Poems in the 1980s, which remain in print today and stand testimony to the 'profound respect' that Frieda Hughes said her father had for her mother's work. It was not until the publication of a 'restored' Ariel in 2004 that readers were able to appraise Plath's own selection and arrangement of her work. This edition of the poems, chosen by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, offers a fresh selection of Sylvia Plath's poetry to stand in parallel to the existing editions. Introduced with an inviting preface, the book is essential reading for those new to and already familiar with the work of this most extraordinary poet.
101 Poems for Children
Author: Carol Ann Duffy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447220268
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A beautiful poetry collection chosen by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447220268
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A beautiful poetry collection chosen by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
The World's Wife
Author: Carol Ann Duffy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 057119995X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Mrs Midas, Queen Kong, Mrs Lazarus, the Kray sisters, and a huge cast of others startle with their wit, imagination, lyrical intuition and incisiveness.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 057119995X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Mrs Midas, Queen Kong, Mrs Lazarus, the Kray sisters, and a huge cast of others startle with their wit, imagination, lyrical intuition and incisiveness.
Poems That Make Grown Women Cry
Author: Anthony Holden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501121855
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Following the success of their anthology Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, father-and-son team Anthony and Ben Holden, working with Amnesty International, have asked the same revealing question of 100 remarkable women. What poem has moved you to tears? The poems chosen range from the eighth century to today, from Rumi and Shakespeare to Sylvia Plath, W.H. Auden to Carol Ann Duffy, Pablo Neruda and Derek Walcott to Imtiaz Dharker and Warsan Shire. Their themes range from love and loss, through mortality and mystery, war and peace, to the beauty and variety of nature. From Yoko Ono to Judi Dench, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Elena Ferrante, Carol Ann Duffy to Kaui Hart Hemmings, and Joan Baez to Nikki Giovanni, this unique collection delivers private insights into the minds of women whose writing, acting, and thinking are admired around the world.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501121855
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Following the success of their anthology Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, father-and-son team Anthony and Ben Holden, working with Amnesty International, have asked the same revealing question of 100 remarkable women. What poem has moved you to tears? The poems chosen range from the eighth century to today, from Rumi and Shakespeare to Sylvia Plath, W.H. Auden to Carol Ann Duffy, Pablo Neruda and Derek Walcott to Imtiaz Dharker and Warsan Shire. Their themes range from love and loss, through mortality and mystery, war and peace, to the beauty and variety of nature. From Yoko Ono to Judi Dench, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Elena Ferrante, Carol Ann Duffy to Kaui Hart Hemmings, and Joan Baez to Nikki Giovanni, this unique collection delivers private insights into the minds of women whose writing, acting, and thinking are admired around the world.
Birthday Letters
Author: Ted Hughes
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374525811
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
The past contemporary poet gives an account in 88 poems in letter form of hisromance and the life spent with Sylvia Plath.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374525811
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
The past contemporary poet gives an account in 88 poems in letter form of hisromance and the life spent with Sylvia Plath.
Carol Ann Duffy
Author: Jane Dowson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137415630
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This is the only monograph to consider the entire thirty-year career, publications, and influence of Britain's first female poet laureate. It outlines her impact on trends in contemporary poetry and establishes what we mean by ‘Duffyesque’ concerns and techniques. Discussions of her writing and activities prove how she has championed the relevance of poetry to all areas of contemporary culture and to the life of every human being. Individual chapters discuss the lyrics of ‘love, loss, and longing’; the socially motivated poems about the 1980s; the female-centred volumes and poems; the relationship between poetry and public life; and poetry and childhood and written for children. The book should whet the appetite of readers who know little of Duffy’s work to find out more, while providing students and scholars with an in-depth analysis of the poems in their contexts. It draws on a wide range of critical works and includes an extensive list of further reading.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137415630
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This is the only monograph to consider the entire thirty-year career, publications, and influence of Britain's first female poet laureate. It outlines her impact on trends in contemporary poetry and establishes what we mean by ‘Duffyesque’ concerns and techniques. Discussions of her writing and activities prove how she has championed the relevance of poetry to all areas of contemporary culture and to the life of every human being. Individual chapters discuss the lyrics of ‘love, loss, and longing’; the socially motivated poems about the 1980s; the female-centred volumes and poems; the relationship between poetry and public life; and poetry and childhood and written for children. The book should whet the appetite of readers who know little of Duffy’s work to find out more, while providing students and scholars with an in-depth analysis of the poems in their contexts. It draws on a wide range of critical works and includes an extensive list of further reading.
A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry
Author: Jane Dowson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521819466
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521819466
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher Description
New Selected Poems
Author: Carol Ann Duffy
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330433945
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In New Selected Poems 1984-2004, Carol Ann Duffy draws together key poems from her published work to date spanning twenty extraordinary years of definitive writingfrom Standing Female Nude (1985) to Feminine Gospels (2003). Always vital, original and poignant, Carol Ann Duffy has been called the representative poet of our times. Her distinctive style incorporates witty acts of ventriloquism and imagination thatfearlessly and with sparkling lucidityaddress timeless and universal themes in ways both personal and political. In doing so, she speaks to our collective memory and establishes herself as a modern classic.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330433945
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In New Selected Poems 1984-2004, Carol Ann Duffy draws together key poems from her published work to date spanning twenty extraordinary years of definitive writingfrom Standing Female Nude (1985) to Feminine Gospels (2003). Always vital, original and poignant, Carol Ann Duffy has been called the representative poet of our times. Her distinctive style incorporates witty acts of ventriloquism and imagination thatfearlessly and with sparkling lucidityaddress timeless and universal themes in ways both personal and political. In doing so, she speaks to our collective memory and establishes herself as a modern classic.
Poems That Make Grown Men Cry
Author: Anthony Holden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476712778
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In this unique poetry anthology, 100 grown men - bestselling authors, poets laureate, actors, producers and other prominent figures from the arts, sciences and politics, share the poems that have moved them to tears.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476712778
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In this unique poetry anthology, 100 grown men - bestselling authors, poets laureate, actors, producers and other prominent figures from the arts, sciences and politics, share the poems that have moved them to tears.
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sylvia Plath
Author: Anita Helle
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350119237
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
With chapters written by more than 25 leading and emerging international scholars, The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sylvia Plath provides the most comprehensive collection of contemporary scholarship on Plath's work. Including new scholarly perspectives from feminist and gender studies, critical race studies, medical humanities and disability studies, this collection explores: · Plath's literary contexts – from the Classics and the long poem to W.B Yeats, Edith Sitwell, Ruth Sillitoe, Carol Ann Duffy, and Ted Hughes · New insights from Plath's previously unpublished letters and writings · Plath's broadcasting work for the BBC Providing new approaches to her life and work, this book is an indispensable volume for scholars of Sylvia Plath.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350119237
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
With chapters written by more than 25 leading and emerging international scholars, The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sylvia Plath provides the most comprehensive collection of contemporary scholarship on Plath's work. Including new scholarly perspectives from feminist and gender studies, critical race studies, medical humanities and disability studies, this collection explores: · Plath's literary contexts – from the Classics and the long poem to W.B Yeats, Edith Sitwell, Ruth Sillitoe, Carol Ann Duffy, and Ted Hughes · New insights from Plath's previously unpublished letters and writings · Plath's broadcasting work for the BBC Providing new approaches to her life and work, this book is an indispensable volume for scholars of Sylvia Plath.