A major literary event: the first volume in the definitive, complete
collection of the letters of Sylvia Plath--most never before seen.
One of the most beloved poets of the modern age, Sylvia Plath continues
to inspire and fascinate the literary world. While her renown as one of
the twentieth century's most influential poets is beyond dispute, Plath
was also one of its most captivating correspondents. The Letters of
Sylvia Plath is the breathtaking compendium of this prolific writer's
correspondence with more than 120 people, including family, friends,
contemporaries, and colleagues.
The Letters of Sylvia Plath includes her correspondence from her years
at Smith, her summer editorial internship in New York City, her time at
Cambridge, her experiences touring Europe, and the early days of her
marriage to Ted Hughes in 1956.
Most of the letters are previously unseen, including sixteen letters
written by Plath to Hughes when they were apart after their honeymoon.
This magnificent compendium also includes twenty-seven of Plath's own
elegant line drawings taken from the letters she sent to her friends and
family, as well as twenty-two previously unpublished photographs.
This remarkable, collected edition of Plath's letters is a work of
immense scholarship and care, presenting a comprehensive and
historically accurate text of the known and extant letters that she
wrote. Intimate and revealing, this masterful compilation offers fans
and scholars generous and unprecedented insight into the life of one of
our most significant poets.
