{"product_id":"representing-sylvia-plath-hardback-9781107006751","title":"Representing Sylvia Plath (Hardback) 9781107006751","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRepresenting Sylvia Plath\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exploration of the elusive nature of representation in Plath's poetry and the various versions of her that readers encounter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSally Bayley (Edited by), Tracy Brain (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107006751, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 August 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 22 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eInterest in Sylvia Plath continues to grow, as does the mythic status of her relationship with Ted Hughes, but Plath is a poet of enduring power in her own right. This book explores the many layers of her often unreliable and complex representations and the difficult relationship between the reader and her texts. The volume evaluates the historical, familial and cultural sources which Plath drew upon for material: from family photographs, letters and personal history to contemporary literary and cinematic holocaust texts. It examines Plath's creative processes: what she does with materials ranging from Romantic paintings to women's magazine fiction, how she transforms these in multiple drafts and the tools she uses to do this, including her use of colour. Finally the book investigates specific instances when Plath herself becomes the subject matter for other artists, writers, film makers and biographers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: 'Purdah' and the enigma of representation Sally Bayley and Tracy Brain\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Contexts: 1. 'Mailed into space': on Sylvia Plath's letters Jonathan Ellis\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'The photographic chamber of the eye': Plath photography, and the post-confessional muse Anita Helle\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'O the tangles of that old bed': fantasies of incest and the 'Daddy' narrative in Ariel Lynda K. Bundtzen\u003cbr\u003e 4. Plath and torture: cultural contexts for Plath's imagery of the Holocaust Steven Gould Axelrod\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Poetics and Composition: 5. 'The trees of the mind are black, the light is blue': sublime encounters in Sylvia Plath's tree poems Sally Bayley\u003cbr\u003e 6. Coming to terms with colour: Plath's visual aesthetic Laure de Nervaux-Gavoty\u003cbr\u003e 7. Madonna (of the refrigerator): mapping Sylvia Plath's double in 'The Babysitters' drafts Kathleen Connors\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Procrustean identity': Sylvia Plath's women's magazine fiction Luke Ferretter\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Representation: 9. Confession, contrition, and concealment: evoking Plath in Ted Hughes's 'Howls and Whispers' Lynda K. Bundtzen\u003cbr\u003e 10. Fictionalising Sylvia Plath Tracy Brain\u003cbr\u003e 11. Primary representations: three artists respond to Sylvia Plath\u003cbr\u003e Adolescent Plath - 'the girl who would be God' Suzie Hanna\u003cbr\u003e Bodily imprints: a choreographic response to Sylvia Plath's Poppy Poems Kate Flatt (with Sally Bayley)\u003cbr\u003e Stella Vine's peanut crunching Plath Sally Bayley\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary companions, book reviews \u0026amp; guides [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary companions, book reviews \u0026amp; guides\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20companions,%20book%20reviews%20\u0026amp;%20guides%20%5BDSRC%5D%22\"\u003eDSRC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005146878232,"sku":"9781107006751","price":95.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107006751i_761b70ec-c729-4381-99cb-e857313c4652.jpg?v=1691360888","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/representing-sylvia-plath-hardback-9781107006751","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}