Ariel: The Restored Edition
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Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolific life but also her unpublished literary masterpiece, Ariel. When her husband, Ted Hughes, first brought this collection to life, it garnered worldwide acclaim, though it wasn't the draft Sylvia had wanted her readers to see. This facsimile edition restores, for the first time, Plath's original manuscript -- including handwritten notes -- and her own selection and arrangement of poems. This edition also includes in facsimile the complete working drafts of her poem "Ariel," which provide a rare glimpse into the creative process of a beloved writer. This publication introduces a truer version of Plath's works, and will no doubt alter her legacy forever.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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Author
Sylvia Plath
Pages
256
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2005-10-25
ISBN
0060732601 9780060732608
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"Most of the poems themselves were hard for me to fully understand, but the words of Frieda Hughes (Sylvia's daughter) were crushing to me. To think of how the media portrayed Frieda's father as a horrible person for his affair (which, granted, I understand hating him for) despite him being only a good father to her her entire childhood, must have been extremely hard. I understand Frieda's anger at the media for only honoring Sylvia for her death and not the life she lived. <br/>The imagery in Sylvia's poems switch between breathtakingly beautiful and shockingly morbid with what seems to be practiced ease. The result is jarring. The words are beautiful when spoken aloud, the lines melt together in a completely organic flow. Despite me not entirely understanding their meanings, I cannot deny their beauty."
Josie Walmsley