The purpose of this study is to trace the artistic evolution in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. Early in her life she established in her work a philosophical bifurcation which continued through much of her poetry. On the one hand, she was drawn towards a world of stark "reality": bleak, scientific and oppressive; on the other, she created a world of dream, a world of private imagination in which she expanded and compressed "reality" at will. This latter world afforded the poet the necessary escape from the often cruel and insensitive former one.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/178424 |
| Date | January 1972 |
| Creators | Megna, Jerome F. |
| Contributors | Mood, John J. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | vi, 178 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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