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Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath - Stephanie Hemphill
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
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Your Own, Sylvia draws on Plath’s writing and extensive nonfiction sources, chronicling Hemphill’s interpretation of Plath’s life from infancy to her death by suicide at age 30. The poems are arranged chronologically and each conveys an experience in Plath’s life told via the voice and... show more
Your Own, Sylvia draws on Plath’s writing and extensive nonfiction sources, chronicling Hemphill’s interpretation of Plath’s life from infancy to her death by suicide at age 30. The poems are arranged chronologically and each conveys an experience in Plath’s life told via the voice and perspective of family members, friends, doctors, fellow writers, etc.—as interpreted by Hemphill. Each poem is accompanied by an addendum that further explains the factual circumstances of that poem’s subject. The book also includes an Author’s Note, some photos, a section describing the source material for each poem, and suggestions for further reading.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780440239680 (0440239680)
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
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5.0 Excellent in More Ways than Many
I don't know how to characterize this book, except to say that it's perfect. Heady, consuming, brilliant; written in verse; what better way to honor/write about the life of Sylvia Plath than to do it through the style of her own poems?
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