About Sylvia Plath Flashcards
When was Sylvia born?
Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932,
Where was she born?
Boston, Massachusetts. Jamaica Plain
What is her mother’s name? and her occupation
Aurelia Schober, was a master’s student at Boston University
What is her father’s name? and what is his occupation?
Plath’s father, Otto Plath, who was her professor
when were plath’s parents married?
. They were married in January of 1932
What did the father taught?
Otto taught both German and biology, with a focus on apiology, the study of bees.
when did plath’s father died? and why?
In 1940, when Plath was eight years old, her father died as a result of complications from diabetes.
what kind of father he was?
He had been a strict father, and both his authoritarian attitudes and his death drastically defined her relationships and her poems—most notably in her elegaic and infamous poem “Daddy.”
at what age did plath kept a journal?
. She kept a journal from the age of eleven and published her poems in regional magazines and newspapers.
when and where was her first national publication?
Her first national publication was in theChristian Science Monitorin 1950, just after graduating from high school.
where did plath matriculated at in 1950?
Smith College. She was an exceptional student, and despite a deep depression she went through in 1953 and a subsequent suicide attempt,
What did plath achieved in smith college?
she managed to graduate summa cum laude( latin for “with highest honour”) in 1955.
Where did plath moved after graduation?
After graduation, Plath moved to Cambridge, England, on a Fulbright Scholarship.
how did plath met Ted Hughes?
In early 1956, she attended a party and met the English poetTed Hughes.
When did plath and ted married
on June 16, 1956.
when did plath returned to Massachusetts?
Plath returned to Massachusetts in 1957 and began studying withRobert Lowell.
what is her first collection of poems called? and when was it published?
Her first collection of poems,Colossus, was published in 1960 in England
Plath returned to England to give birth to?
Frieda, 1960
Nicholas, 1962
who did ted had an affair and when he left Plath?
In 1962, Ted Hughes left Plath for Assia Gutmann Wevill
what was the book written by Plath after the depression of ted having an affair and leaving?
That winter, in a deep depression, Plath wrote most of the poems that would comprise her most famous book,Ariel.
What did plath published in 1963
Plath published a semi-autobiographical novel,The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.
what happened during the worst English winters on record?
Then, on February 11, 1963, Plath wrote a note to her downstairs neighbor instructing him to call the doctor, then she committed suicide using her gas oven.
plath’s poetry is often associated with?
Confessional movement, and compared to the work of poets such as Lowell and fellow studentAnne Sexton.
why was plath’s work singled out? unique?
her work is singled out for the intense coupling of its violent or disturbed imagery and its playful use of alliteration and rhyme.
how many volumes did hughes published of plath’s work posthumously ?
3
state of the work ted published but written by plath
The Collected Poems, which was the recipient of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize.
Plath won a Pulitzer Prize which makes her the first?
She was the first poet to posthumously win a Pulitzer Prize.
in 1944, what act was given to everyone?
The 1944 Education Act was supposed to give everyone ‘parity of esteem’,
what is the stats on women who went to university in 1950
Just 1.2 per cent of women went to university in the 1950s.
define chimera
something that exists only in the imagination
