Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts (P.S.) - Softcover

Plath, Sylvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061549479 ISBN 13: 9780061549472

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

Renowned for her poetry, Sylvia Plath was also a brilliant writer of prose. This collection of short stories, essays, and diary excerpts highlights her fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imagination. Featuring an introduction by Plath's husband, the late British poet Ted Hughes, these writings also reflect themes and images she would fully realize in her poetry. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams truly showcases the talent and genius of Sylvia Plath.

About this title

About the Author:

Sylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. Her books include the poetry collections The Colossus, Crossing the Water, Winter Trees, Ariel, and Collected Poems, which won the Pulitzer Prize. A complete and uncut facsimile edition of Ariel was published in 2004 with her original selection and arrangement of poems. She was married to the poet Ted Hughes, with whom she had a daughter, Frieda, and a son, Nicholas. She died in London in 1963.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061549479
• ISBN 13: 9780061549472
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352