Plath, Sylvia

1. In Allen, Mary. The Necessary Blankness. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1976. pp. 160-178.
   Criticism -- The Bell Jar

2. In Bloom, Harold, ed. American Women Fiction Writers, Volume Three. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 1998. pp. 1-21.
   Criticism -- The Bell Jar

3. In Bloom, Harold, ed. American Women Poets. New York : Chelsea House, 1986. pp. 273-288.
   Criticism -- Poetry -- Ariel -- The Colossus -- Death in Literature --

4. In Breslin, Paul. Psycho-Political Muse. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1987. pp. 95-117.
   Criticism -- Poetry -- "A Birthday Present" -- "Daddy" -- "Lady Lazurus" -- "The Moon and the Yew Tree" -- "A Tale of a Tub"

5. In Brown, Cheryl, ed. Feminist Criticism. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1978. pp. 111-130.
   Criticism -- Ariel -- The Bell Jar -- Colossus -- Crossing the Water -- Winter Trees -- "The Disquieting Muses" -- "Edge" -- "In Plaster" -- "Man in Black" -- "Three Women" -- "Tulips"

6. Cam, Heather. "Daddy: Sylvia Plath's Debt to Anne Sexton." In American Literature, Vol. 59, No. 3, October, 1987, pp. 429-432.
   Criticism -- Sexton, Anne -- "Daddy" -- "My Friend, My Friend"

7. In Chinoy, Helen Krich. Women in American Theatre. New York : Crown Publishers, c1981. pp. 179-184.
   Criticism -- Plays -- Three Women, a Poem for Three Voices

8. Claire, William. "The Rare Random Descent: The Poetry and Pathos of Sylvia Plath." In The Antioch Review, Volume XXVI, Spring 1969, pp. 552-560.
   Criticism -- Poetry

9. In Davison, Peter. The Fading Smile. New York : Knopf, 1994. pp. 156-185, plus see index.
   Biography -- Criticism -- Works

10. In Donoghue, Denis. Reading America . New York : Knopf, 1987. pp. 296-301.
    Criticism -- Poetry

11. In Felder, Deborah. Bookshelf of Our Own. New York : Citadel Press, c2005. pp. 162-167.
    Criticism -- The Bell Jar

12. In Fenton, James. The Strength of Poetry. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. pp. 145-164.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Short Stories -- "Edge" -- "The Moon and the Yew Tree" -- The Shadow -- "Stillborn" -- "Words heard, by accident, over the phone"

13. In Gilbert, Sandra, ed. Shakespeare's Sisters. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1979. pp. 245-260.
    Criticism

14. In Gluck, Louise. Proofs & Theories . Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1994. pp. 119-123.
    Criticism -- "Lady Lazarus"

15. In Gould, Jean. Modern American Women Poets . New York : Dodd, Mead, c1984. pp. 124-150.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Works

16. In Gray, Richard. American Poetry of the Twentieth Century. London ; New York : Longman, 1990. pp. 360-264.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Ariel" -- "Daddy" -- "Lorelei" -- "Tulips"

17. In Hamilton, Ian, ed. The Modern Poet. New York, Horizon Press, 1969. pp. 73-82.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Ariel" -- "Daddy" -- "Fever 103 -- "Lady Lazarus" -- "Poppies in October"

18. In Hardy, Barbara. The Advantage of Lyric. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1977. pp. 121-140.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "All the Dead Dears" -- "The Applicant" -- "Black Rook in Rainy Weather" -- "Fever" -- "In Plaster" -- "Lorelei" -- "The Moon and the Yew Tree -- "Nick and the Candlestick" -- "Tulips"

19. In Howard, Richard. Alone With America. New York, Atheneum, 1969. pp. 413-422.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ariel -- The Colossus -- "The Disquieting Muses" -- "The Lorelei" -- "The Stones"

20. In Howe, Irving. The Critical Point. New York, Horizon Press, 1973. pp. 158-169.
    Criticism -- Ariel -- Crossing the Water -- "Cut" -- "Daddy" -- "Edge" -- "Lady Lazarus"

21. In Kirsch, Adam. Wounded Surgeon. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2005. pp. 235-270.
    Criticism -- Poetry

22. In Logan, William. Undiscovered Country: Poetry in the Age of Tin. New York : Columbia University Press, c2005. pp. 65-86.
    Criticism -- The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

23. In Lowell, Robert. Collected Prose. New York, Farrar, Staus, Giroux, 1987. pp. 122-125.
    Criticism -- Ariel

24. In Malkoff, Karl. Crowell's Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry. New York, Crowell, 1973. pp. 245-252.
    Criticism -- Works -- Poetry -- "Daddy" -- "Lady Lazarus"

25. In Moss, Howard. Whatever is Moving. Boston: Little, Brown, c1981. pp. 176-182.
    Criticism -- The Bell Jar

26. In Oates, Joyce Carol. New Heaven, New Earth. New York : Vanguard Press, 1974. pp. 111-140.
    Criticism -- Poetry

27. In Oates, Joyce Carol. Where I've Been and Where I'm Going. New York : Plume, c1999. pp. 131-138.
    Biography -- Criticism

28. In Oberg, Arthur. Modern American Lyric. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1978. pp. 127-173.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Applicant" -- Ariel -- "A Birthday Present" -- "Childless Woman" -- The Colossus -- Crossing the Water -- "Daddy" -- "Edge" -- "Kindness" -- "Last Words" -- "Lady Lazarus" -- "Man in Black" -- "Medallion" -- "Mystic" -- "The Swarm" -- "Thalidomide" -- "Tulips" -- Winter Trees

29. In Ostriker, Alicia. Stealing the Language. Boston : Beacon Press, c1986. See index.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Bell Jar -- "The Colossus" -- "Cut" -- "Daddy" -- "In Plaster" -- "Lady Lazarus" -- "The Metaphors" -- "Three Voices"

30. In Ostriker, Alicia. Writing Like a Woman. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1983. pp. 42-58.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Ariel -- "Berck-Plage" -- "A Birthday Present" -- Colossus -- "The Colossus" -- "Daddy" -- "Full Fathom Five"

31. In Perkins, David. A History of Modern Poetry, Volume 2. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987. pp. 590-595.
    Criticism -- Poetry

32. In Pinsky, Robert. The Situation of Poetry. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1976. pp. 129-133.
    Criticism -- "Poppies in July"

33. In Ramazani, Jahan. Poetry of Mourning. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994. pp. 262-292.
    Criticism -- Elegiac Poetry -- "The Colossus" -- "Daddy" -- "Edge" -- "Electra on Azalez Path" -- "Full Fathom Five" -- "Lady Lazarus" -- "Little Fugue"

34. In Reynolds, Guy. Twentieth-Century American Women's Fiction. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999. pp. 71-76.
    Criticism -- The Bell Jar

35. Romano, John. "Sylvia Plath Reconsidered." In Commentary, Vol. 57, No. 4, April 1974, pp. 47-52.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Daddy" -- "Edge" -- "Lady Lazarus"

36. Rosenblatt, Jon. "Sylvia Plath: The Drama of Inititation."In Twentieth Century Literature, Volume 25, No. 1, Spring 1979, pp. 21-36.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Ariel" -- "Lady Lazarus" -- "The Stones"

37. In Rosenthal, M.L. The New Poets. New York : MacMillan, c1978. pp. 79-88.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Ariel -- "Ariel" -- The Colossus -- "Death & Co." -- "Lady Lazarus" -- "Two Views of a Cadaver Room" --

38. In Rosenthal, M.L. Poetry and the Common Life . New York : Oxford University Press, 1974. pp. 138-141.
    Criticism -- "Ariel"

39. In Simpson, Louis. A Revolution in Taste. New York : MacMillan, c1978. pp. 85-127.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ariel -- "The Bee Meeting" -- The Bell Jar -- The Colossus -- "Little Fugue" -- "Pursuit"

40. In Steiner, George. Language and Silence. New York, Atheneum, 1967. pp. 295-302.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "All the Dead Dears" -- Ariel -- The Colossus -- "For a Birthday" -- "Medusa" -- "Watercolour of Grantchester Meadows"

41. In Sutton, Walter. American Free Verse. New York, New Directions Pub. Corp., 1973. pp. 190-193..
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Ariel" -- "Daddy" -- "Words"

42. In Vendler, Helen. Part of Nature, Part of Us. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1980. pp. 271-276.
    Criticism -- Crossing the Water

43. In Vendler, Helen, ed. Voices and Visions. New York : Random House, c1987. pp. 469-496.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ariel -- The Bell Jar -- Colossus -- "Daddy" -- "Daughters of Blossom Street" -- "Disquieting Muses" -- "Face Lift" -- "Fever 103" -- "The Moon and the Yew Tree"

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