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Sylvia Plath
ISBN 9780571086269
Rs. 2,080
Faber & Faber
Ariel
Who it's for: Readers of modern poetry and Sylvia Plath's work
The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963.'If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to things, and also unusually clever, sardonic, hardminded . . . They are works of great artistic purity and, despite all the nihilism, great generosity . . . the book is a major literary event.' A. Alvarez in the Observer
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- Includes well-known poems such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge', and 'Paralytic'
- Written between Plath's first book 'The Colossus' (1960) and her death in 1963
- Praised by A. Alvarez in the Observer as a major literary event
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Questions about this book
Which poems are included in this collection?
The collection includes many of Plath's best-known poems, such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge', and 'Paralytic'.
When were the poems in Ariel written?
The poems were written between the publication of Plath's first book, The Colossus, in 1960, and her death in 1963.
What is the critical reception of this book?
A. Alvarez in the Observer described the poems as despairing, vengeful, and destructive, yet also tender, clever, and generous, calling the book a major literary event.