Sylvia Plath by Gina Wisker

Sylvia Plath by Gina Wisker

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This book introduces you to the life and works of one of the most unique and powerful minds of the twentieth century. Focusing on Daddy, The Bell Jar and her diaries Gina Wisker explores the background, themes, images and techniques that unite them.

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Sylvia Plath by Gina Wisker

Sylvia Plath - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and works of one of the most unique and powerful minds of the twentieth century. Focusing on Daddy, The Bell Jar and her diaries the writer explores the background, themes, images and techniques that unite them. Gina Wisker's lively text offers a guide to: plot, setting and character; approaching the works; how Plath's works were viewed then and now; why you should read Plath. the facts...the concepts...the ideas...
Gina Wisker is currently a principle lecturer in English and Women's Studies at Anglia University, Cambridge and has been a teacher since 1973. Between 1978 and 1992 she was a course tutor at the OU specialising in Literature and the Modern world, C19th Novel and C20th Poetry. Between 1994 and 1996 she was the director of the Summer University Literature Courses and Cambridge University Board of Continuing Education. She has lectured widely on many aspects of women's literature.
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ISBN 13 9780340800409
ISBN 10 0340800402
Title Sylvia Plath
Author Gina Wisker
Series Beginner's Guides
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Murray Press
Year published 2001-06-29
Number of pages 96
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.