by Sylvia Plath
First published 2024
This comprehensive collection gathers all of Sylvia Plath's shorter prose works, spanning from her experimental pieces in the 1940s to her refined compositions of the early 1960s. Editor Peter K. Steinberg presents previously uncollected and unpublished material alongside known works, expanding far beyond the earlier Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams selection from 1977. The volume includes Plath's short fiction experiments, journalism, book reviews, and nonfiction essays, revealing the full scope of her literary ambitions beyond poetry. These pieces illuminate recurring themes across her body of work, offering readers new ways to understand connections within her writing. The collection demonstrates Plath's range as a prose stylist and her development as a writer across different forms and decades. Together with her published Journals and Letters, this volume provides readers with a complete picture of Plath's extraordinary talent and creative vision.
Genres: essays, collections, american-fiction, 20th-century, biography-memoir, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: literary-fiction
Period: 1940s, 1960s
1280 pages · Kindle Edition · Faber & Faber