Plath and Hughes Critic And Context Flashcards by Lucy Brand

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‘For Ted, astrology, like poetry, was a way of…

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giving order to the chaos of life.’ (Bate)

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When did Plath commit suicide

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1963

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Freida was born in…

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1960

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‘In many instances it is nature that…

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personifies her.’ (Newman)

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‘Death is preeminent but…

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strangely unoppressive.’ (Newman)

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‘Critics accuse Plath of exuberant…

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self-dramatisation’ (Carey)

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‘It is impossible that anybody could have been…

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more in love with life.’ (Bate)

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‘Plath is a brutal poet[…] her poetic voice is a raging avenger of womanhood and innocence.’ (McClanahan)

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