Gill J. The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. — 169 p.Sylvia Plath is widely recognised as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century Anglo-American literature and culture. Her work has remained constantly in print in the UK and USA (and in numerous translated editions) since the appearance of her first collection in 1960. Plath’s own writing has been supplemented over the decades by a wealth of critical and biographical material. The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath offers an authoritative and comprehensive guide to Plath’s poetry, prose and autobiographical writings. It offers a critical overview of key readings, debates and issues from almost fifty years of Plath scholarship; draws attention to the historical, literary, national and gender contexts which provide the framework for her writing; and provides informed and attentive readings of her work. Accessibly written, this book will be of great value to students beginning their explorations of this important writer.Jo Gill is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature at the University of Exeter.Life
Contexts
Early poetry
Ariel and later poetry
The Bell Jar and Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Letters Home and Journals
Reception
Further reading