Chapters in a mythology: the poetry of Sylvia Plath

Judith Kroll

Harper and Row, 1976 - Literary Criticism - 303 pages

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Review: Chapters in a Mythology: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath

User Review  - Allison - Goodreads

It's nice to see a book that deals with the poetry and not the suicide, especially with a copyright of 1976. I'm a little skeptical of Hughes's influence, but most of the critical thought seems to be ...

Review: Chapters in a Mythology: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath

User Review  - Renee - Goodreads

This book completely transformed my understanding of Sylvia Plath's poetry. It is so much more than they teach in college. There is an underlying arc in her work that I never fully grasped until reading this book.

Contents

• THE MYTHIC NATURE OF THE POETRY: 1
• THE STRUCTURE OF THE IMAGERY: 14
• THE CENTRAL SYMBOL OF THE MOON: 21

Bibliographic information

• Title: Chapters in a mythology: the poetry of Sylvia Plath; Chapters in a Mythology: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath, Judith Kroll
• Author: Judith Kroll
• Publisher: Harper and Row, 1976
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Mar 12, 2008
• ISBN: 0060124571, 9780060124571
• Length: 303 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry