Ariel

Ariel is the volume upon which rests Sylvia Plath's reputation as one of the most original, daring and gifted poets of the twentieth century; now one of six wonderful collections published in celebration of Faber's rich poetry heritage.

Informationen zum Autor Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston! Massachusetts! and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship! where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime! The Colossus (1960)! and a novel! The Bell Jar (1963); Ariel was published posthumously in 1965. Her Collected Poems ! which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death! was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Klappentext Includes many of the author's best-known poems such as: 'Lady Lazarus'! 'Daddy'! 'Edge' and 'Paralytic'! that were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book! The Colossus! and her death in 1963. Ariel is the volume upon which rests Sylvia Plath's reputation as one of the most original, daring and gifted poets of the twentieth century; now one of six wonderful collections published in celebration of Faber's rich poetry heritage. Zusammenfassung Includes many of the author's best-known poems such as: 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', that were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963.

Vorwort
Ariel is the volume upon which rests Sylvia Plath's reputation as one of the most original, daring and gifted poets of the twentieth century; now one of six wonderful collections published in celebration of Faber's rich poetry heritage.

Autorentext
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963); Ariel was published posthumously in 1965. Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Klappentext

Includes such poems as "Lady Lazarus", "Daddy" and "Fever 103 degrees".

Zusammenfassung
Includes many of the author's best-known poems such as: 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', that were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963.