Publisher's Synopsis
Since "The Colossus and Other Poems" (1960) won her universal acclaim as one of the most talented poets of the 20th century, Sylvia Plath has inspired intense critical interest. This volume lists and annotates all Plath scholarship in books, essays, reviews, letters, editorials and personal reminiscences published from 1973 through 1988. Meyering introduces this bibliography with an overview of Plath's scholarly reputation, beginning with the early appreciation for the superb craftsmanship of the poems in "Colossus" and "Ariel" (1965), documenting the praise she received for "The Bell Jar" (1963), analyzing critics' sudden and volatile reactions to her suicide, and tracing the consistent application of biography to all her works through the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Collected Poems" as well as "The Journals" (both 1982).
