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Voices & visions. 9, Sylvia Plath / a CVH, New York Center for Visual History production ; directed and produced by Lawrence Pitkethly.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plath, Sylvia--Criticism and interpretation.
- Plath, Sylvia.
- Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
- Poets, American.
- American poetry--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographical television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (57 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Sylvia Plath
- Place of Publication:
- District of Columbia : Annenberg Learner, 1988.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The lives and works of 13 renowned American poets are interpreted through dramatic readings, archival photographs, dance, performances, and interviews in this inspiring series. Illustrative poems in each program are accompanied by insights into their historical and cultural connections. The series covers the terminology of poetry and the larger role of poets in American and world literature studies. Poets include Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Elizabeth Bishop. The creative intensity with which Plath confronted her experiences as daughter, wife, mother, and writer is explored in documentary and archival footage intercut with visualizations of her work.
- Participant:
- Additional poetry reading, Ellen Tobie.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed August 14, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 1052763739
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