Sylvia Plath (Great Writers) (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Linda Wagner-Martin (Foreword)

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From School Library Journal

Grade 10 Up-In each of these volumes, five poems are represented in critical essays by literary analysts both past and contemporary. Robert Browning highlights "My Last Duchess," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came," "Andrea del Sarto," and "Caliban Upon Setebos." Sylvia Plath features "The Colossus," "The Arrival of the Bee Box," "Daddy," "Ariel," and "Lady Lazarus." The main texts are prefaced by brief but informative biographies of the poets and conclude with bibliographies of works by and about them as well as indexes of important themes and ideas from the poems. Each volume is divided into sections, one for each poem, and each section begins with Bloom's thematic analysis of the work. This information, given in a straightforward style, will be helpful to students. Because the essays are written by scholars, however, the language is often dense and hard to grasp for all but the most advanced high-school literature students. With their academic approach and language, these research and study guides would be best used in school libraries that support intensive literary research on the precollege or Advanced Placement level.
Toni D. Moore, Simon Kenton High School, Independence, KY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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"Excellent guides for the serious poetry research student" -Book Report --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Hardcover: 157 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (May 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791078434
• ISBN-13: 978-0791078433
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,046,629 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New biography with new facts, June 28, 2004

By	Peter K. Steinberg "pksteinberg" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am the author of this book, for which Linda Wagner-Marting graciouslessly wrote the Foreword. This new biography of Plath, the first to appear since the early 1990s, presents Plath the poet and Plath the person as inseparable. It's about her writing life.

The mini-review Amazon has is for the Harold Bloom collection of essays published in the late 1980s. I certainly hope that they fix this in order to prevent confusion and/or slower sales.

Cheers!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lucid, compelling, and precise biography, July 13, 2004

By	"amanda123" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

Peter Steinberg's new biography charts Sylvia Plath's tumultous career in moving prose. His narrative demonstrates precision and is informed by the recent landmarks in Plath scholarship. His own passion for Plath's writing and travels to Plath sites lend a significant dimension to his descriptions of the places and events that inspired some of Plath's most famous poems. I think this book will be a welcome addition to high school reading lists and will inspire students to explore Plath's poetry.