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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

By Sylvia Plath

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First U.S. Publication

A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time.

Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new Continue

First U.S. Publication

A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time.

Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, more fully revealing the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons. The complete Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work.

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  • The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

    is not the first collection of her journals to make it into print. In 1982, Plath's widower Ted Hughes and Frances McCollough edited an abbreviated version of the journals that drew much hostility from fans and critics alike. Apparently, Hughes excis ... (read full critics)

    austinchronicle published on Sun, 5 Sep 2010

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    Most diaries are gibberish, sylvia's absolutely an exception.
    (but it is apparently too thick so i just scanned interesting passage to read)

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    fruit said on Feb 9, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • A genuinely moving, thorough, earnest small collection of gigantic words

    As journals go, this is a very open one; even so, this version, erupted slightly before Ted Hughes' death in 1998, does not contain much after 1961, which is sad. Even if Hughes destroyed those journals, this book is a genuine treasury.

    These journals contain what Plath wrote from 1950 to 1962. As ... (continue)

    As journals go, this is a very open one; even so, this version, erupted slightly before Ted Hughes' death in 1998, does not contain much after 1961, which is sad. Even if Hughes destroyed those journals, this book is a genuine treasury.

    These journals contain what Plath wrote from 1950 to 1962. As such, it contains notes on her growing up; dating, life, death, school-work, her future, travelling, and very notably her success as a poet, her mood-swings and what struck me the most, her innermost thoughts on a variety of subjects.

    Plath was seldom vulgar in her journals. Neither does she seem anything other than honest.

    What she writes on love is intricate and vulnerable, especially when dating, from 1950 to the moment when she meets Hughes and later marries him.

    Their togetherness and love seems so strong, especially her devotion to him, which does sadly, not in the slightest, explain most of her poems (e.g. "The Jailor") in the unabridged version of "Ariel", her last batch of poems, previously abridged by Hughes.

    This is genuinely a real experience and is recommendable to everybody. It is little wonder that Plath liked J.D. Salinger, adored Virginia Woolf and loved James Joyce. Read this and do yourself a favour.

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    Niklas Pivic said on Jun 19, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 768 Pages
  • Edition: Unabridged
  • ISBN-10: 0385720254
  • ISBN-13: 9780385720250
  • Publisher: Anchor
  • Pub date: Oct 17, 2000
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
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