Plath


 * Sylvia Plath: Amazing Confessional Poet, American in Britain, wife of Ted Hughes, mother to Nick & Frieda, mentally unstable, suicided (accidental or not) at an early age (30) ... but a poet of the Cold War? Not exactly the first thought that springs to mind when one mentions her name.**


 * Our study of the selected poems; //Daddy, Lady Lazarus, The Applicant, Morning Song, Words, Fever 103// and //Arrival of the Bee Box// will help us to understand a different perspective of this time period and develop an awareness of some of the concerns held by others.**


 * Compare Plath to Beckett. There's the obvious male/female dichotomy, both were foreigners in their country of residence (Plath in England, Beckett in France) and their stylistic qualities were vastly different. Plath was a confessional poet, that is, she wrote about the most intimate details of her personal life whereas Beckett, playwright and author, is a more detached figure in his work, although it does clearly express concerns he, and the wider public, had at the ti**me.


 * __Poems set for study__**

//**Daddy, Lady Lazarus & Fever 103**// Listen to the recording of Plath's reading of the poem. The beauty of this is that you are able to hear her emphasis and intonations.A very powerful reading.

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