Sylvia Plath - The Most Gifted Woman Poet (Minisode)

Sylvia Plath is today remembered as one of the most influential and popular writers of the 20th Century - she was called ‘the most gifted woman poet’ - a term that still manages to capture the sexism she encountered throughout her life. Growing up in the 1950s was a difficult time for women who wanted both a family and a career, and this is something Sylvia would struggle with for her entire life - how to reconcile her wish to be a writer with her desire to conform.Sources/Further ReadingClarke, Heather: Red Comet - The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia PlathWagner-Martin, Linda: Sylvia Plath - A BiographySteinberg, Peter K: They Had to Call and Call - The Search for Sylvia Plath https://sylviaplath.info/documents/Steinberg_2010_Search.pdfSylvia Plath Blogspot https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/Poetry Foundation - Sylvia Plath https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sylvia-plathWikipedia: Sylvia Plath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.