- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Anchor; abridged edition edition (May 11 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385493916
- ISBN-13: 978-0385493918
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 2.1 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 299 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Book Description
No other major contemporary American writer has inspired such intense curiosity about her life as Sylvia Plath. Now the intimate and eloquent personal diaries of the twentieth century's most important female poet reveal for the first time the true story behind "The Bell Jar" and her tragic suicide at thirty. They paint, as well, a revealing portrait of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose stature has seldom been equalled.
"A revelation." The New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"A revelation." The New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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What with the success of Ted Hughes' latest book of poetry about his relationship with Plath, this book is a must have in order to get in touch with who she really was. And what better way than to read her own words?
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4.0 out of 5 stars
under the water with sylvia plath,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Journals of Sylvia Plath (Paperback)
The Journals of Sylvia Plath are an undisputible link to the base of her poetry. For a journal of a life, the entries are incredibly written and interesting. I have been very interested in her death by suicide which was the reason why I picked up these journals in the first place, but I found myself underlining sentences of her different viewpoints on life, ironically. If you you want to figure out about how Plath wrote her poetry and what events formed the woman who is such a mystery today, read this book. The only place where I thought that the diaries lacked was that all the information was not included. Some of her most passionate outrages and angry words have been taken out which I think are definitely a key to her poems that we do not possess. I am aware that the people in the journals must be protected but hope that the full works will be published in the future. The first half of the journals while Sylvia was in college have spoken to me and given me words and reasonings for my feelings that I had not been able to form myself before. I think any college student would benefit from reading her viewpoints and beautiful words. Anyone who is interested in the author will be impressed.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Essential Book,
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This review is from: Journals of Sylvia Plath (Mass Market Paperback)
If you love Sylvia Plath's amazing poetry; if you have an affinity for either reading journals, or writing your own; or if you simply have an interest in the lifestyles and choices of women of some 50 years ago, these collected journals are a must.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Journals of Sylvia Plath (Paperback)
Another reviewer wrote that this book was a big disappointment - that it stinks. How can one criticize someone's journals? I'm pretty sure Plath didn't expect these to be published one day - and so she didn't write them for the general public to read. These words are honest, riviting, disturbing, wonderful, priceless.
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