The Spoken Word: Sylvia Plath (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (713 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0712351027 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Wonderful to hear Plath's own voice To hear Plath's clear, strong voice underscores her insistance that her last poems should be read aloud. They are vivid dramatic monologues.. It's her voice THey put it onto a CD. I had the tape for years. Hearing her voice and her interpretation of her own work is amazing.. The Spoken Word as Truth Rachel Jackson The Spoken Word was a wonderful edition to my already plump collection of Plath materials. Extremely enjoyable to listen to and very insightful towards Plath's process and work.
Her frank, confessional style of writing, combined with her marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes and her tragic suicide at age thirty have created an enduring literacy legacy and public fascination. This CD brings together BBC recordings from the British Library Sound Archive and features Plath reading many of her poems, such as “Leaving Early,” “Candles,” “Tulips,” “The Surgeon at 2 a.m.,” and “Berck-Plage.” In addition, the disc presents Plath discussing poetic craft and her move to Britain, as well as a significantly revealing interview with Plath and Hughes, in which they talk about their famous marriage and what it means to live with your muse. Many of these recordings are available here for the first time, and together they will be a must-have for fans of Plath and twentieth-century poetry.. Sylvia Plath is widely regarded as one of the most influential American authors of the twentieth century
"The bountiful Spoken Word series of compact discs, published by the British Library in conjunction with the BBC, continues with Sylvia Plath. It contains a variety of material, including readings from Plath's brief professional life and a radio review of Donald Hall's Contemporary American Poetry (1962). Of greatest interest, however, is a twenty-minute interview, conducted by the BBC's Owen Leeming, with Plath and Ted Hughes togehter."