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A sessant'anni dalla tragica scomparsa, le poesie di Sylvia Plath, nella loro febbrile intensità, appaiono sempre più come un documento in cui il dolore trova nella forza della parola la più coinvolgente espressione. Nella versione italiana di Giovanni Giudici i versi della poetessa conservano intera la sua impronta, il tono, l'emozione interna. Come scrive Teresa Franco nella Postfazione, sottolineando il valore dell'i...

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Step into the intellectual battleground of the 1920s with Aldous Huxley's gripping masterpiece, 'Point Counter Point.' In this riveting novel, Huxley masterfully weaves a tapestry of human relationships, moral dilemmas, and the clash of ideas, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world. Follow the lives of a diverse cast of characters, from artists and scientists to socialites and revolutionaries, as they grapple with their ambitions...

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is a captivating and introspective novel that falls into the genre of contemporary literature. It is a semi-autobiographical work that explores themes of mental health, identity, and societal pressures. Set in the 1950s, the story follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman who experiences a downward spiral into mental illness. Plath takes readers on a deeply personal journey as Esther grapples ...

»Diese Ariel-Ausgabe folgt genau dem letzten, von meiner Mutter, Sylvia Plath, hinterlassenen Manuskript«, schreibt Frieda Hughes in ihrem Vorwort. »Als meine Mutter am 11. Februar 1963 Selbstmord beging, hinterließ sie auf ihrem Schreibtisch einen schwarzen Klemmhefter, darin ein Manuskript mit vierzig Gedichten.« Für den Druck jedoch veränderte Ted Hughes, ihr Mann, von dem sie sich getrennt hatte, die ursprüngliche Zusammenstellung. Ariel w...

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This books is a collection of poetry by SYLVIA PLATH. He was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) and Ariel (1965), as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death in 1963. The Collected Poems were published in 1981, which included pr...

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Posthumously published in 1964, this is Sylvia Plath's last collection of poems and it came with some controversy, as her husband, Ted Hughes, edited the original manuscript by deleting or adding some poems. This divided the critics between those who improved it as an intrusion and those who understood that Hughes and Plath used to collaborate. Finally, in 2004, the complete edition of Ariel that we now have came to light, with the original se...

1960 ist ein Jahr des Aufbruchs, Sylvia Plath zieht nach England und ihr einzig zu Lebzeiten veröffentlichter Gedichtband erscheint: Der Koloss. Kurz vor ihrem Tod, 1963, folgt ihr einziger Roman: Die Glasglocke. In den drei Jahren dazwischen schreibt Plath unerschöpflich und wird zweimal Mutter. »Es ist, als setzte mein Herz ein Gesicht auf und ginge hinaus in die Welt.« Größte Verletzlichkeit prallt in diesen späten Gedichten auf zuckersüße ...

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What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination. . . . If I sit still and don't do anything, the world goes on beating like a slack drum, without meaning. We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward, The poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine." ? Sylvia Plath, "Cambridge Notes" (From Notebooks, February 1956)Renowned for her poetry, Sylvia Plath was also a brilliant writer of prose. This collection of ...

Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other people's dreams. An office assistant in a hospital pursues a secret vocation.

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Sylvia Plath was one of the most gifted and innovative poets of the twentieth century, yet serious study of her work has often been hampered by a fierce preoccupation with her life and death. This title offers an examination of her poetry.

Die neunzehnjährige Esther gewinnt eine vierwöchige Hospitanz bei einem Modemagazin in New York, garniert mit Partyeinladungen und Werbegeschenken. Doch Esther, bisher strebsame Studentin, kann sich weder in den Arbeitsalltag einfinden noch die Verlockungen der Stadt genießen. Sie fühlt sich, als lebte sie unter einer Glasglocke, die sie mehr und mehr von allem trennt. Plaths einziger Roman avancierte zum Kult, beschrieb er doch wie nie zuvor ...

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