I am the arrow : the life and art of Sylvia Plath in six poems / Sarah Ruden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruden, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plath, Sylvia--Criticism and interpretation.

Plath, Sylvia.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

116 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Library of America, [2025]

Summary:

Translator Sarah Ruden has long had a passion for Sylvia Plath's poetry. In this reconsideration of Plath's genius, Ruden argues that Plath is more than a consummate mythmaker; the poet herself takes on the role of the classical hero: striving, suffering, descending to an underworld that threatens meaninglessness and despair, and returning to speak the previously unspoken. For the first time, a writer and a woman becomes that hero. For Ruden, this achievement, like the deep learning and driving ambition that fueled it, has been overshadowed by the sensational and tragic details of Plath's life, especially her ill-starred marriage to British poet Ted Hughes and her suicide at the age of thirty. Ruden offers a much-needed corrective through close readings of 6 poems.

Contents:

Introduction

Mushrooms

You're

The babysitters

The applicant

Ariel

Edge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116).

ISBN:

9781598538137

1598538136

OCLC:

1443717044