Ariel (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sylvia Plath
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, Gender roles, England or English people, Fathers, Death or dying, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Edible plants, Horses, Animals, Racing, Horsemanship, Berries
Critical Evaluation:
The poems of Ariel were written in the last months of Sylvia Plath’s life. In January of 1963, The Bell Jar, Plath’s only novel, was published in England under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. It was well received but Plath’s life was too deep in the personal turmoil that is expressed in Ariel for her literary success to save her. She committed suicide on February 11, 1963. Many of the poems celebrate death, and death is what Plath chose for herself. The fact of her own death adds a seriousness to the work. The reader is aware, for...
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Sylvia Plath (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Sylvia Plath (Poetry)Sylvia Plath (Short Fiction)Sylvia Plath (Dictionary of World Biography)Sylvia Plath (Identities and Issues)Sylvia Plath (Women’s Issues)
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