Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

Informationen zum Autor Sylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. Her books include the poetry collections The Colossus , Crossing the Water , Winter Trees , Ariel , and Collected Poems , which won the Pulitzer Prize. A complete and uncut facsimile edition of Ariel was published in 2004 with her original selection and arrangement of poems. She was married to the poet Ted Hughes, with whom she had a daughter, Frieda, and a son, Nicholas. She died in London in 1963. Klappentext Renowned for her poetry, Sylvia Plath was also a brilliant writer of prose. This collection of short stories, essays, and diary excerpts highlights her fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imagination. Featuring an introduction by Plath’s husband, the late British poet Ted Hughes, these writings also reflect themes and images she would fully realize in her poetry. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams truly showcases the talent and genius of Sylvia Plath. Zusammenfassung "What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination. . . . If I sit still and don't do anything, the world goes on beating like a slack drum, without meaning. We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; The poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine." — Sylvia Plath, "Cambridge Notes" (From Notebooks, February 1956) Renowned for her poetry, Sylvia Plath was also a brilliant writer of prose. This collection of short stories, essays, and diary excerpts highlights her fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imagination. Featuring an introduction by Plath's husband, the late British poet Ted Hughes, these writings also reflect themes and images she would fully realize in her poetry. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams truly showcases the talent and genius of Sylvia Plath. ...

Product details

• Authors: Sylvia Plath
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.09.2008
• EAN: 9780061549472
• ISBN: 978-0-06-154947-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Poetry, Family life fiction, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Poetry anthologies (various poets), FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: African American & Black / Women, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), POETRY: Women Authors, POETRY: POETS: H TO Z, POETRY: Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / African American & Black, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: LITERARY COLLECTIONS, Classic fiction: general and literary, Poetry / Poets: H to Z, Harper Perennial Classics / Literary Collections