The Selected Poems of Anne Sexton by Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton's language was simple, domestic; her imagery arresting; her subject matter urgent, shocking and exciting. She wrote about mental breakdown, sex, addiction, abortion - the other side of ordinary life. 'Madness' and its cultural meanings were central to her art as to her life; yet it is a bright, lucid and sane voice that resonates. Sexton's poems are accessible, moving and intensely honest. Her poems are brought together here in a diverse and powerful anthology spanning fifteen years of uninhibited writing.
Anne Sexton was born Anne Gray Harvey in Massachusetts in 1928. After the birth of her second daughter, Anne suffered a suicidal breakdown. Self-hatred led to repeated hospitalisations and in 1974, aged forty-five, she committed suicide.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781853814167 |
| ISBN 10 | 1853814164 |
| Title | The Selected Poems of Anne Sexton |
| Author | Anne Sexton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1991-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
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