Your Own, Sylvia A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath |
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| Author:
| Hemphill, Stephanie |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-24729-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Publisher: | Random House Children's Books
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| Imprint: | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $23.97 |
Book Description:
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On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and "Your Own," "Sylvia "is a portrait of her life, told in poems. With photos and an extensive list of facts and sources to round out the reading experience, "Your Own, Sylvia "is a great curriculum companion to Plath's "The Bell Jar "and "Ariel," a welcoming introduction for newcomers,...
More DescriptionOn a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and "Your Own," "Sylvia "is a portrait of her life, told in poems.
With photos and an extensive list of facts and sources to round out the reading experience, "Your Own, Sylvia "is a great curriculum companion to Plath's "The Bell Jar "and "Ariel," a welcoming introduction for newcomers, and an unflinching valentine for the devoted.
"From the Hardcover edition."