Book contents
- Sylvia Plath in Context
- Sylvia Plath in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Textual Note
- Key Archives
- Introduction
- Part I Literary Contexts
- Part II Literary Technique and Influence
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Sexual and Gender Contexts
- Part V Political and Religious Contexts
- Chapter 19 The Bell Jar, the Rosenbergs and the Problem of the Enemy Within
- Chapter 20 Religious Contexts for Plath’s Work
- Chapter 21 Plath and Nature
- Chapter 22 Plath and War
- Part VI Biographical Contexts
- Part VII Plath and Place
- Part VIII The Creative Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 22 - Plath and War
from Part V - Political and Religious Contexts
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Book contents
- Sylvia Plath in Context
- Sylvia Plath in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Textual Note
- Key Archives
- Introduction
- Part I Literary Contexts
- Part II Literary Technique and Influence
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Sexual and Gender Contexts
- Part V Political and Religious Contexts
- Chapter 19 The Bell Jar, the Rosenbergs and the Problem of the Enemy Within
- Chapter 20 Religious Contexts for Plath’s Work
- Chapter 21 Plath and Nature
- Chapter 22 Plath and War
- Part VI Biographical Contexts
- Part VII Plath and Place
- Part VIII The Creative Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The literary critic Cornelia Pearsall reveals Plath’s life-long preoccupation with war, showing us how it permeates Plath’ss correspondence and filters into her poetry and prose, gaining in focus and momentum towards the end of her writing life. Pearsall establishes yet another crucial angle through which we can read Plath’s deliberately outward looking political and historical engagement, as opposed to any narrow view of merely personal and biographical concerns.
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- Sylvia Plath in Context , pp. 233 - 242Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019