The unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962 / edited by Karen V. Kukil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plath, Sylvia.

Contributor:

Kukil, Karen V.

Standardized Title:

Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plath, Sylvia--Diaries.

Plath, Sylvia.

Poets, American--20th century--Diaries.

Poets, American.

Genre:

Diaries.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 732 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Anchor Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Anchor Books, 2000.

Summary:

Published in Their Entirety for the First Time, Sylvaia Plath's journals provide an intimate portrait of the writer who was to produce in the last seven months of her life some of the most extraordinary poems of the twentieth century. Faithfully transcribed from the twenty-three journals and journal fragments owned by Smith College, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath includes two journals that Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, unsealed just before his death in 1998.

A heavily abridged edition of Plath's diaries was published in 1982. Roughly two-thirds of this new unabridged edition is material that has never before been made public, revealing more fully the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced her demons. With its haunting, vibrant, and brutally honest prose, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work.

Contents:

Journal July 1950 - July 1953 3

Wellesley, Massachusetts 8

Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (first year) 23

Wellesley & Swampscott, Massachusetts (summer 1951) 62

Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (sophomore) 97

Wellesley & Cape Cod, Massachusetts (summer 1952) 108

Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (junior) 149

Wellesley, Massachusetts (summer 1953) 185

Journal 22 November 1955 - 18 April 1956 189

Newnham College, Cambridge, England 191

Journal 15 July 1956 237

Benidorm, Spain (honeymoon) 239

Journal 22 July 1956 - 26 August 1956 245

Benidorm, Spain 247

'Sketchbook of a Spanish Summer' 261

Journal 3 January 1957 - 11 March 1957 265

Cambridge, England 267

'Fish and Chip Shop' 276

Journal 15 July 1957 - 21 August 1957 281

Cape Cod, Massachusetts 283

Journal 28 August 1957 - 14 October 1958 299

Northampton, Massachusetts 301

Boston, Massachusetts 417

Journal 12 December 1958 - 15 November 1959 427

Boston, Massachusetts (therapy notes) 429

Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York 501

1 Journal Fragment 17-19 October 1951, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 533

2 Back to School Commandments 538

3 Journal Fragments 24 March 1953 - 9 Arpril 1953 539

4 Journal Fragment 19 June 1953, Mademoiselle, New York, New York 541

5 Letter June - July 1953, Wellesley, Massachusetts 543

6 Journal Fragment 31 December 1955 - 1 January 1956, Nice, France (winter vacation) 547

7 Journal 26 March 1956 - 5 April 1956, Paris, France (spring vacation) 552

8 Journal Fragment 1 April 1956 569

9 Journal Fragment 16 April 1956 570

10 Journal 26 June 1956 - 6 March 1961 571

'The Inmate', London, England, 1961 599

11 Journal June 1957 - June 1960 609

12 Letter 1 October 1957 618

13 Journal Fragment 5 November 1957 622

14 Hospital Notes 624

15 Journal 1962, North Tawton, Devonshire, England 630.

Notes:

"Transcribed from the original manuscripts at Smith College."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0385720254

OCLC:

44133088