Sylvia Plath, WRITER OF THE MONTH AT THE CAN VENTOSA LIBRARY
On the occasion of the ninetieth anniversary of his birth, The Library of Cumssa has chosen as a writer of the month of May Sylvia Path. Path was a key American writer and poet in the genre of confessional poetry.
Author's life
From an early age, Sylvia Path showed literary restlessness and talent, getting to publish his first poem with only eight years. Thanks to your academic success, Despite the deep depression that would accompany her a lifetime and that would cause her death in 1963, got a fullbright scholarship. This allowed him to go to the University of Cambridge, where he continued writing poetry, occasionally publishing his work in the university newspaper. It was there where he met fellow poet Ted Hughes., who would be her husband and father of her children. Although he always showed a lot of respect for Ted Hughes and his work, Plath's works are genuine and there are few similarities between the two writers, despite the logical influences that one could have had on the other.
Featured works
Plath's first book, The colossus, It is a compilation of the poet's first poems. a partir de three women, poem narrated for the BBC en 1962, Sylvia Plath conceived of poetry as something to be read aloud.. Presented as a feminist and anti-war poem, explores motherhood from the perspective of three women. It is also one of his last writings along with those collected in Ariel. The latter marked a turning point with respect to his previous works., since he headed towards a more confessional poetry. The publication of Ariel had a dramatic impact because of the way he described his mental health problems.
In prose it stands out The bell jar, most representative work of the author who published under the pseudonym Victoria Lewis. This semi-autobiographical novel narrates the life of the author's alter ego, Esther Greenwood. Using the inner monologue, Plath opens the door to the reader towards emotional instability, adjacent to the protagonist's depression. Despite being a narrative genre, maintains a stylistic quality and a rhythm typical of the poetic genre.
The rest of his works were published posthumously., thanks to the editing work of her widower Ted Hughes, editor of the author's literary legacy. Nevertheless, This editing work was involved in controversy, since Hugues was accused of censoring part of Plath's works because of his own ideas for issues such as feminism, For example, with which she did not agree and which Plath defended in her works.
Much of Sylvia Plath's works can be found in the Can Ventosa Library.
By Maite Vallejo
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