The Poetic Art of Sylvia Plath : A Critical Study of Themes and Techniques

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction: the making of the poet. 2. The colossus. 3. Crossing the water. 4. Winter trees. 5. Ariel. 6. Conclusion. Select bibliography. Index.

This book entitled The Poetic Art of Sylvia Plath: A Critical Study of Themes and Techniques explores the poetry of Sylvia Plath, one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. She is an Anglophone poet, an American who married the British poet Ted Hughes and settled in England. The book will be of special interest to post graduate students research scholars and teachers of English as well as American literature. (jacket)