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488 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2000
In her journals, Plath is vivacious, multidimensional, and intensely human, passionately recording her life and observations lest they slip away, coaxing herself to write more and do more and be more. Hers is an obsession with living, with creativity and success, and it is this that makes her such an irresistible figure.Sylvia Plath photographed with typewriter in Yorkshire, September 1956
It is difficult to read these journals in one go鈥攁s private documentation of the poet's life, they exert a sense of guilt and voyeurism on the reader. At the same time, Plath's writing here is not always raw but artistic and coolly analytical, often veering into the territory of writing practice, where she records details and observations to enliven future efforts at composition. Often, these journals read like a variation of the confessional poetry she became best known for, blurring the line between the poet and the person considerably in some places while reasserting it in others.Sylvia Plath photographed by Ted Hughes, 1960
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