Saturday, May 17, 2008

Sylvia Plath


Born
October 27, 1932(1932-10-27)Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died
February 11, 1963 (aged 30)London, England
Occupation
Poet, novelist, and short story writer
Nationality
American
Literary movement
confessional poetry
Influences[show]
Virginia Woolf, Dylan Thomas, W. B. Yeats, W. H. Auden, Anne Sexton, Elizabeth Bishop, William Blake, Robert Lowell
Influenced[show]
K.J. Stevens[citation needed]
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The book's protagonist, Esther Greenwood, is a bright, ambitious student at Smith College who begins to experience a mental breakdown while interning for a fashion magazine in New York. The plot parallels Plath's experience interning at Mademoiselle magazine and subsequent mental breakdown and suicide attempt.
Along with Anne Sexton, Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry initiated by Robert Lowell and W. D. Snodgrass.

Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Childhood
1.2 College years
1.3 Wife, mother and poet
1.4 Death
2 Works
2.1 Journals
2.2 Poems
2.3 The Ted Hughes controversy
3 Bibliography
3.1 Poetry
3.2 Prose
3.3 Children's books
4 See also
5 References
6 Biographies
7 Other works on Plath
8 External links
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