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Breaking Down Plath

Name: Breaking Down Plath
ISBN: 9781119782391

Patricia Grisafi,

English
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eBook - PDF

Breaking Down Plath

Patricia Grisafi,

About this book

A practical guide to Sylvia Plath's works for middle and secondary schoolstudents

One of the most dynamic and admired poets of the 20thcentury, Sylvia Plathwrote work about war, motherhood, jealousy, rage, grief, death, and mental illness that challenged preconceptions about what poetry should be about.Theenduring power of Plath's poetry and prose continues to attract and fascinate a multitude of readers. Best known for her poems"Daddy"?and "LadyLazarus" and the novel The Bell Jar, Plath starkly expressed a sense of alienationclosely linked to both her personal experiences and the to the wider situation of women throughout mid-twentieth-century America.With an eye towards demythologizing Plath and focusing on her achievements, Breaking Down Plathaims to contextualize Plath's work in the larger scheme of Cold War-era gender politics, debates about mental health, and anxiety about global conflict.

Breaking Down Plath informs readers of essential facts aboutSylvia Plath's lifeand explores the works of the influential and controversial American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. Author Patricia Grisafi contextualizes and clarifies important underlying themes in Plath's works while providing insight into how interest in Plath's workdeveloped, how the story of Plath's life has been told, what we still need to discover about her, and why herlifeand art matter.

Breaking Down Plath:

Presents a critical biography of Plath'slife
Offers a thematic tour through Plath's, short fiction, journals, andletters
Explores the recurrent themes in Plath'spoetry
Features an overview of the reception of Plath'swork
Discusses the role of Plath in contemporary popularculture

This bookis aprimer for younger or new Plath readers and a welcome addition to the toolbox used by educators, parents, and anyone interested in or studying Plath's life and work.

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