Ariel, Sylvia Plath, 1966, First American Edition, HCDJ

by Sylvia Plath

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First edition

Ariel Sylvia Plath 1966 These poems are playing Russian roulette with six cartridges in the cylinder.... --From the Introduction __________ Ariel is Sylvia Plath's second collection of poetry. It was first released in 1965, two years after her death by suicide. The poems of Ariel, with their free-flowing images and characteristically menacing psychic landscapes, marked a dramatic turn from Plath's earlier Colossus poems. Ted Hughes, Plath's widower and the editor of Ariel, made substantial changes to her intended plan for the collection by changing her ordering of the poems, dropping some pieces, and adding others. The first American edition was published in 1966 and included an introduction by the poet Robert Lowell. This was appropriate, since, in a BBC interview, Plath had cited Lowell's book Life Studies as having had a profound influence over the poetry she was writing in the last phase of her writing career. In the same interview, Plath also cited the poet Anne Sexton as an important influence on her writing during that time, since Sexton was also exploring some of the same dark, taboo, personal subject matter that Plath was exploring in her writing. --Wikipedia First Edition Stated First Printing indicated by the D-Q date code. A very nice copy. See photos for a better idea of item's actual condition. The Fine Print: - Descriptions of items' conditions include obvious defects. Additional minor defects may be present. - All measurements provided are approximate. - Items

• Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers
• Year: 1966
• Condition: Very Good

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