The Colossus
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The Colossus

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eBook - ePub

The Colossus

About this book

Originally published in 1960, The Colossus was the only volume of Sylvia Plath's poetry published before her death in 1963. Showing a scholarly dedication to the craft, the poems in this collection are brimming with originality and the startling imagery that would later confirm her status as one of the most important poets of the twentieth century.

'On every page, a poet is serving notice that she has earned her credentials and knows her trade.' Seamus Heaney

'She steers clear of feminine charm, deliciousness, gentility, supersensitivity and the act of being a poetess. She simply writes good poetry. And she does so with a seriousness that demands only that she be judged equally seriously . . . There is an admirable no-nonsense air about this; the language is bare but vivid and precise, with a concentration that implies a good deal of disturbance with proportionately little fuss.' A. Alvarez in the Observer

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9780571264193
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. The Manor Garden
  6. Two Views of a Cadaver Room
  7. Night Shift
  8. Sow
  9. The Eye-Mote
  10. Hardcastle Crags
  11. Faun
  12. Departure
  13. The Colossus
  14. Lorelei
  15. Point Shirley
  16. The Bull of Bendylaw
  17. All the Dead Dears
  18. Aftermath
  19. The Thin People
  20. Suicide Off Egg Rock
  21. Mushrooms
  22. I Want, I Want
  23. Watercolour of Grantchester Meadows
  24. The Ghost’s Leavetaking
  25. Metaphors
  26. Black Rook in Rainy Weather
  27. A Winter Ship
  28. Full Fathom Five
  29. Maudlin
  30. Blue Moles
  31. Strumpet Song
  32. Ouija
  33. Man in Black
  34. Snakecharmer
  35. The Hermit at Outermost House
  36. The Disquieting Muses
  37. Medallion
  38. Two Sisters of Persephone
  39. The Companionable Ills
  40. Moonrise
  41. Spinster
  42. Frog Autumn
  43. Mussel Hunter at Rock Harbour
  44. The Beekeeper’s Daughter
  45. The Times Are Tidy
  46. The Burnt-Out Spa
  47. Sculptor
  48. Poem for a Birthday
  49. About the Author
  50. Copyright