Ariel's gift : Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the story of Birthday letters / Erica Wagner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagner, Erica, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998. Birthday letters.

Hughes, Ted.

Plath, Sylvia--In literature.

Plath, Sylvia.

Plath, Sylvia--Marriage.

Marriage in literature.

Poets in literature.

Marriage.

Physical Description:

312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, 2001.

Summary:

Wagner explores the powerful and destructive relationship between Ted Hughes and the American poet Sylvia Plath in this compelling and tragic story of the marriage of two poetic geniuses. of photos.

Contents:

Introduction: the Ecstasy of Influence 13

1. "A Crush of Diamonds" 57

2. "Beautiful, Beautiful America!" 91

3. "Spain was the Land of Your Dreams" 107

4. "That Home was Our First Camp" 121

5. "What Happens in the Heart Simply Happens" 139

6. "Right Across America We Went Looking for You" 161

7. "I Let That Fox Cub Go" 175

8. "Then the Script Overtook Us" 189

9. "The Cave of Thunder" 223

10. "The Shock of Her Words From Nowhere" 239

11. "The Jewel You Lost was Blue" 259.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-292) and indexes.

ISBN:

0393020096

OCLC:

45835522