Book contents
- Sylvia Plath in Context
- Sylvia Plath in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Textual Note
- Key Archives
- Introduction
- Part I Literary Contexts
- Part II Literary Technique and Influence
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Sexual and Gender Contexts
- Part V Political and Religious Contexts
- Part VI Biographical Contexts
- Part VII Plath and Place
- Chapter 28 ‘A Certain Minor Light’: Plath in Brontë Country
- Chapter 29 Plath in London
- Chapter 30 Plath in Devon: Growing Words Out of Isolation
- Part VIII The Creative Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 30 - Plath in Devon: Growing Words Out of Isolation
from Part VII - Plath and Place
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Book contents
- Sylvia Plath in Context
- Sylvia Plath in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Textual Note
- Key Archives
- Introduction
- Part I Literary Contexts
- Part II Literary Technique and Influence
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Sexual and Gender Contexts
- Part V Political and Religious Contexts
- Part VI Biographical Contexts
- Part VII Plath and Place
- Chapter 28 ‘A Certain Minor Light’: Plath in Brontë Country
- Chapter 29 Plath in London
- Chapter 30 Plath in Devon: Growing Words Out of Isolation
- Part VIII The Creative Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Maeve O’Brien examines the geographical isolation Plath experienced when living in in Devon, yet shows how these circumstances impacted her writing, contributing to the burst of creativity that came towards the end of her life and allowing Plath to mine her surroundings in direct ways. O’Brien shows us just how influenced by and receptive to her lived environment Plath was, and how this environment impacted on her work.
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- Sylvia Plath in Context , pp. 317 - 326Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019