Ariel: The Restored Edition

Plath, Sylvia; Foreword by Frieda Hughes (her daughter) and Notes by David Semanki

ISBN 10: 0060732598 / ISBN 13: 9780060732592

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2009

About this Item

HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2009. Sixth (6th) Printing (number line down to 6) of the "First Edition" (stated), containing, as well, "A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement". from reproductions from the Sylvia Plath Collection at Smith College. Very Fine an As New Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white (except the facsimile pages which are light gray), tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The Binding is charcoal gray quarter paper to cream boards, colors uniform throughout, with bright gilt title to the spine, white endpapers unmarked but for a 3 1/2" x 5" Smith College Book Award sheet affixed to the front free endpaper, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, and fully intact with the original price ($24.95) intact on the front flap. See the photos. xxi, 211, [i] pages. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Ariel, the author's second collection of poetry, was originally published in 1965, two years after her death in 1963, by Faber and Faber in the U.K. Ted Hughes, her widower and editor, made substantial changes to her plan for the collection, changing the order and adding some poems while omitting others. This restored edition was arranged by her daughter, Frieda Hughes with a Foreword by Frieda Hughes and Notes by David Semanki. Sylvia Plath's Collected Poems won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1982. ISBN 10: 0060732598 / ISBN 13: 9780060732592.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ariel: The Restored Edition
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060732598
• ISBN 13: 9780060732592
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

<p><strong>&#8220;Made up of poems that are so original in their style and so startlingly accomplished in their confessional voice that they helped change the direction of contemporary poetry,&#160;<em>Ariel</em>&#160;is a masterpiece.&#8221;</strong>&#160; &#8212;&#160;<strong><em>New York Observer</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it.</strong></p><p>When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolific life but also her unpublished literary masterpiece, Ariel. When her husband, Ted Hughes, first brought this collection to the public, it garnered worldwide acclaim, but it wasn't the draft Sylvia had wanted her readers to see. This facsimile edition restores, for the first time, Plath's original manuscript&#8212;including handwritten notes&#8212;and her own selection and arrangement of poems. This edition also includes in facsimile the complete working drafts of her poem "Ariel," which provide a rare glimpse into the creative process of a beloved writer. This publication introduces a truer version of Plath's works, and will alter her legacy forever.</p>

From the Back Cover

Upon the publication of her posthumous volume of poetry, Ariel, in the mid-1960s, Sylvia Plath became a household name. Readers may be surprised to learn that the draft of Ariel left behind by Sylvia Plath when she died in 1963 is different from the volume of poetry eventually published to worldwide acclaim.

This facsimile edition restores, for the first time, the selection and arrangement of the poems as Sylvia Plath left them at the point of her death. In addition to the facsimile pages of Sylvia Plath's manuscript, this edition also includes in facsimile the complete working drafts of the title poem, "Ariel," in order to offer a sense of Plath's creative process, as well as notes the author made for the BBC about some of the manuscript's poems.

In her insightful foreword to this volume, Frieda Hughes, Sylvia Plath's daughter, explains the reasons for the differences between the previously published edition of Ariel as edited by her father, Ted Hughes, and her mother's original version published here. With this publication, Sylvia Plath's legacy and vision will be re-evaluated in the light of her original working draft.