The aim of the present complete edition, which contains a numbered
sequence of the 224 poems written after 1956 together with a further 50
poems chosen from her pre-1956 work, is to bring Sylvia Plath's poetry
together in one volume, including the various uncollected and
unpublished pieces, and to set everything in as true a chronological
order as is possible, so that the whole progress and achievement of this
unusual poet will become accessible to readers.