Sylvia plath brief biography of shakespeare

(1932-1963)

Who Was Sylvia Plath?

Sylvia Plath was an American novelist and poet.

This paper investigates and problematizes the way in which poetry in general and the work of Sylvia Plath in particular are read and interpreted.

Sylvia Plath was born to Otto and Aurelia Plath in and spent her early childhood in the seaport town of Winthrop, Massachusetts.

Sylvia Plath was an American novelist and poet.

A very welcome guest post to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath, contributed by my dear and esteemed friend Jackie Leach Scully.

Now we come to the other reason behind the biographical (mis)reading of Sylvia Plath: the labeling of her work as “confessional”.

Plath met and married British poet Ted Hughes, although the two later split. The depressive Plath committed suicide in 1963, garnering accolades after her death for the novel The Bell Jar, and the poetry collections The Colossus and Ariel.

In 1982, Plath became the first person to win a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.

Early Life

Plath was born on October 27, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts. Plath was a gifted and troubled poet, known for the confessional style of her work.

Her interest in writing emerged at an early age, and she started out by keeping a journal.

Sylvia Plath was one of the most gifted and innovative poets of the twentieth century, yet serious study of her work has often been hampered.

After publishing a number of works, Plath won a scholarship to Smith College in 1950.

While she was a student, Plath spent time in New York City during the summer of 1953 working for Mademoiselle magazine as a guest editor.

Soon after, Plath tried to kill herself by taking sleeping pills. She eventually recovered, havin