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
- Chapter 1 Plath and the American Poetry Scene
- Chapter 2 The Dominant Trends in British Poetry of the 1950s and Early 1960s
- Chapter 3 Plath and the Classics
- Chapter 4 Plath and the Radio Drama
- Chapter 5 ‘Sincerely Yours’: Plath and The New Yorker
- Part II Literary Technique and Influence
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Sexual and Gender Contexts
- Part V Political and Religious Contexts
- Part VI Biographical Contexts
- Part VII Plath and Place
- Part VIII The Creative Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 5 - ‘Sincerely Yours’: Plath and The New Yorker
from Part I - Literary Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2019
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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
- Chapter 1 Plath and the American Poetry Scene
- Chapter 2 The Dominant Trends in British Poetry of the 1950s and Early 1960s
- Chapter 3 Plath and the Classics
- Chapter 4 Plath and the Radio Drama
- Chapter 5 ‘Sincerely Yours’: Plath and The New Yorker
- Part II Literary Technique and Influence
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Sexual and Gender Contexts
- Part V Political and Religious Contexts
- Part VI Biographical Contexts
- Part VII Plath and Place
- Part VIII The Creative Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In his expert analysis of Plath’s correspondence with the editors to whom she submitted her poems at The New Yorker, Peter K. Steinberg provides a unique and critical new context for understanding Plath’s compositional practices. Steinberg makes clear just how responsive those practices were to her professional aspirations for publishing her work, with The New Yorker being the pinnacle for those aspirations.
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