Anne Sexton Flashcards
Attended And married who at 19 She enrolled in ? And lived in In 1953 she In 1954 she was diagnosed with ? Suffered first ? And was admitted to
Garland junior college for one year Alfred muller Sexton II Modeling course at hart agency Dan Francisco and Baltimore Birth to daughter Postpartum depression Mental breakdown Westwood lodge
In 1955 after
She suffered another
Her children were sent to live with
That same year she
Birth of second daughter
Another breakdown
Husbands parents
Attempted suicide
In fall of 1957 she enrolled in
In her introduction to Anne’s complete poems Maxine kimono said poetry
Poetry workshop at Boston center for adult education
Writing of poetry gave Anne something to look towards and enabled her to endure life for as long as she did
In 1974 at age of ? Despite successful writing career
What did she win
She lost her battle with ? And committed
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Pulitzer Prize for live or die
Mental illness
Suicide
Sexton offers reader
She made experience of ? Central to work
And though she endured criticism for bringing things like
Her skill as a poet exceeded
Intimate view of emotional anguish that characterized her life
Being a woman
Mensturation abortion. Drug use
Skill as a poet / controversy over subject matter