Itemize Containing Books Ariel: The Restored Edition
| Title | : | Ariel: The Restored Edition |
| Author | : | Sylvia Plath |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | March 6th 2018 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published January 1st 1965) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. Fiction. Feminism. Literature. American. 20th Century |
Sylvia Plath
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.27 | 5084 Users | 398 Reviews
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Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it.When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolific life but also her unpublished literary masterpiece, Ariel. When her husband, Ted Hughes, first brought this collection to life, it garnered worldwide acclaim, though it wasn't the draft Sylvia had wanted her readers to see. This facsimile edition restores, for the first time, Plath's original manuscript—including handwritten notes—and her own selection and arrangement of poems. This edition also includes in facsimile the complete working drafts of her poem "Ariel," which provide a rare glimpse into the creative process of a beloved writer. This publication introduces a truer version of Plath's works, and will no doubt alter her legacy forever.
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| Original Title: | Ariel: The Restored Edition |
| ISBN: | 0060732601 (ISBN13: 9780060732608) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Containing Books Ariel: The Restored Edition
Ratings: 4.27 From 5084 Users | 398 ReviewsAssessment Containing Books Ariel: The Restored Edition
Ariel... what we lost when we lost Sylvia Plath. That ferocity. She wrote these poems in a frenzy of creativity, a firestorm of the need to be understood, the need to explicate personal truth, here about the horror of existence--which can be a stronger urge than the urge to live. Ariel is not only the spirit in The Tempest, but a horse who ran away with her. What is that plunging power that is beyond her control? Beautiful, chilling, unarguable.If all poetry strives to defy expectations, Plath certainly is the nemesis of clichés. The readers of her work incessantly find themselves in breathless astonishment because of the explosive language, the surprising imageries, and the immense honesty with which she unveils her personal events and emotions (though I cannot stress enough the importance of not letting what you might have already heard about her life constrain your interpretation of her poems). This collection shows Plath at her
A reread for me, because I wanted to read a new book of poetry that is in conversation with this one. This edition has some facsimile in the back of Sylvia's drafts, and some original versions that were of course edited by her husband. Lady Lazarus is still one of my favorite poems, with this final stanza (if I can use that for a poem):"Out of the ashI rise with my red hairAnd I eat men like air."
The poems in this collection are seething and uncompromising. Plath's use of color fascinates me, and reading these sparkling, corrosive poems aloud makes your tongue and ear dance. But being completely honest, I found a lot of them impenetrable without research. I just had absolutely no idea what was going on, and so couldn't remember most of them after I'd turned the page (with some notable exceptions like "Lady Lazarus"). I'm left with a lot of internal questions about the place of biography,
Maybe when I first read Ariel, the originally published, Ted Hughes edition of the poems, I was too young to appreciate Plath's stunning vision; however, I'm inclined to think that her own layout of her swansong collection was the decisive factor in my recent reading of the work, which blew me away. So much substance - the words 'dark matter' come to mind - from a poet so young, it's rare, it's humbling. Being Greek, I can only think of Karyotakis's last collection, though Plath is a clearly
There are two adjectives commonly applied to this book by people who haven't read it: it is often said to be a "feminist" book, and a "depressing" one. I think these two not-quite-accurate labels arise so frequently because Sylvia Plath is, unfortunately, better-known to the general public for being female and psychologically troubled than for being an accomplished poet.This is not an agenda-driven book, it is not a book aimed at only a select audience, and it is, above all, not a depressing
(view spoiler)[First reviewEvery time I don't love some book that other people love, I feel bad. Or stupid because I didn't understand it. Or a heartless gal because apparently I don't have a soul and that must be the reason why I'm not jumping up and down after reading it. I've always been interested in Plath's life, such an intense and tragic life. I read a bit about it and it seems like it's all there in her poetry. Her intimate, unsettling, honest poetry.So, I really liked a couple of poems
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