tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85591093273734367672024-03-05T02:29:47.361-08:00A Piece of PlatheryA record of collecting all things Sylvia Plath.A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-52083314393286854802022-10-31T02:19:00.000-07:002022-10-31T02:19:14.250-07:00<p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"> Hi! Long time no see! </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">I am still Plath collecting and now have (oh my how did that happen) 7 first editions of <i>Arie</i>l and 2 first editions of the Victoria Lucas <i>The Bell Jar</i>. I also have acquired this lovely photo...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PSbcXxGQCof4ZpUSeY-WYehLW9AlxFoqqppcbmjXe8ltyX-AAHHwHY0JRFFJziQibH5VvsvVvuqu22vTCwRB4PGgCOAOo8MsLzvUtR7-Q1yCvqMQPPnXPSzkMS5ITLDSNDysIWfjowR58mW9t7hlbnQFFyAhv5ZCKkKEiVG2lIWGYOnK9skayMuN/s660/E31847E4-595C-4BF9-9AE0-653CAD304B92.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="660" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PSbcXxGQCof4ZpUSeY-WYehLW9AlxFoqqppcbmjXe8ltyX-AAHHwHY0JRFFJziQibH5VvsvVvuqu22vTCwRB4PGgCOAOo8MsLzvUtR7-Q1yCvqMQPPnXPSzkMS5ITLDSNDysIWfjowR58mW9t7hlbnQFFyAhv5ZCKkKEiVG2lIWGYOnK9skayMuN/s320/E31847E4-595C-4BF9-9AE0-653CAD304B92.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAegNuK9fCzfBaYIqMttgFQB55yMZbd58C22d6qF4nRPrtDZ5NohzMlTUE1ypwERwL3uZVBU0ugCogADjy-6_v2_Blm-bpmTfEvv3Vc8beLlIlCjlkuVUww25DUUppouldFVP_80f3Q2t1NSsf73M9D9Dx8RGtFMJbs7It8ZCe8BFVlfEu9zaYGxZJ/s627/IMG_8253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="627" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAegNuK9fCzfBaYIqMttgFQB55yMZbd58C22d6qF4nRPrtDZ5NohzMlTUE1ypwERwL3uZVBU0ugCogADjy-6_v2_Blm-bpmTfEvv3Vc8beLlIlCjlkuVUww25DUUppouldFVP_80f3Q2t1NSsf73M9D9Dx8RGtFMJbs7It8ZCe8BFVlfEu9zaYGxZJ/s320/IMG_8253.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MEuE38yk6cGJ9BwTaDNFocl54SVMTAgcSaNqA5yKFQGNIB7jWM5LM2r2lhrgVwFA4am1KfcQl-n6Jakfv-CpJDp1yaNuwiLXZLBGMh_yG8FTl0eboG8pVC01xQw3PY6HxxC9dsIY1vwsdT9QUpm5coHCHSOc9C1uU-th-BUZXEbm4rpQwnKTmpuW/s1280/33D56064-554B-45CD-B118-9C4795112BCC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MEuE38yk6cGJ9BwTaDNFocl54SVMTAgcSaNqA5yKFQGNIB7jWM5LM2r2lhrgVwFA4am1KfcQl-n6Jakfv-CpJDp1yaNuwiLXZLBGMh_yG8FTl0eboG8pVC01xQw3PY6HxxC9dsIY1vwsdT9QUpm5coHCHSOc9C1uU-th-BUZXEbm4rpQwnKTmpuW/s320/33D56064-554B-45CD-B118-9C4795112BCC.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-19428747762049462572018-08-25T05:31:00.001-07:002018-08-25T05:31:42.882-07:00Plath Auction I didn’t win anything in the Plath auction earlier this year but it wasn’t for lack of trying, I was bidding on the blue triangular necklace but it went way past my limit. It was fabulous to watch. Now impatiently waiting for Volume 2 of her letters to be published. Thank you to a dear friend for this copy of The Bell Jar all the way from Paris.<br />
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<br />A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-19188528571364746442016-05-16T21:45:00.001-07:002016-05-16T21:46:11.941-07:00I am still here... Hi,<br />
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I am still around and Plathing. Waiting, waiting for Karen Kukil and Peter Steinberg's massive tome The Collected Letters... So excited.<br />
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xxA Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-75487921402156084652014-07-19T17:09:00.002-07:002014-07-19T17:10:04.431-07:00Still PlathingSorry for so long without a post, I did not realise just how long.<br />
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I am still teaching all things Plath, adoring my collection, no major purchases for awhile, and keeping an eye out for Plath treasures. If any readers spot a treasure they think I might like please send a link my way.<br />
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Also, everyone keep an eye out for 'Fixed Stars Govern A Life: Decoding Sylvia Plath' by Julia Gordon-Bramer coming out soon!<br />
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Happy Plath-ingA Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-24686085193690845432013-05-27T20:21:00.000-07:002013-05-27T20:21:06.224-07:00The Bell Jar and Ariel... Again My new 1st edition of 'The Bell Jar' and 'Ariel' are here, yes I purchased another Ariel as well. That now makes 6 (ahem 1st editions of Ariel and 2 of The Bell Jar -Victoria Lucas version, just a wee addiction).<br />
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Pictures soon!A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-23043779262859416312013-02-16T20:47:00.000-08:002013-02-17T00:22:11.212-08:00Sylvia Plath - "I have done it again..."<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia;">I am not a regular blogger, but am still here, slowly (or not so slowly) building the Plathery. Another <em>Ariel</em> has joined the collection since I took the first photo below, so that makes 5 beautiful Faber 1965 firsts and 4 - just as loved - later <em>Ariels</em> with the iconic cover. Can you tell I have a soft spot for it? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia;">I have also included a picture of the growing Plathery as a whole (with my dear husband's Star Wars Lego atop). Many lovely treasures are not very visible in the image, as they stand sideways in the lower shelf, like limited editions and proof copies.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">Sparsely set the layout of the small stage area was effectively used as a the three female characters moved seamlessly between a rocking chair downstage left, a small bed and a lamp to the right, and the rear brick wall which acted as a centre transition point. These items were used effectively as physical props to the women shaping their bodies to these items accordingly to reflect their emotional state. The smallness of the space was also, I felt, to the actors’ advantage as it increased the intimacy and intensity of the piece.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">The Second Woman played by Narda Shanley was my, and my sister’s, favourite. With simple and small expressions and gestures she clearly conveyed the pain of loss after loss, the resignation, the inevitability, the muted anger and the intense sadness of infertility in tight well-paced moments. I felt myself hold my breath at her direct yet subtly pained delivery of; <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">Bulldozers, guillotines, white chambers of shrieks proceed,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">Endlessly proceed--and the cold angels, the abstractions.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">However, I also found great hope and tenderness in her delivery of the poem’s final lines “The little grasses / Crack through stone, and they are green with life.” Director Melanie Thomas made a wise decision when casting Shanley as the Second Woman as her clear stage presence and restrained delivery made her pain all the more real and powerful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Calibri;">The three voices work together to capture shared and divers experiences of reproduction, love and loss. Plath skillfully provides insight into the minds of her three women, using compelling and psychologically convincing metaphors and images to convey the complex ways pregnancy, childbirth and infertility effect individuals. Melanie Thomas and <i>Caged Birds Productions</i> are to be commended on their interestingly both restrained and visceral production.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Calibri;">(Though there were some factual errors that I found in the program which my sister sarcastically suggested I should point out to the audience before the performance... you can guess what I told her... though I did point them out to the complete strangers next to us...)</span></span></div>
A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-58827209056929959932012-08-30T16:59:00.001-07:002012-08-30T16:59:35.131-07:00Apologies for lack of all things Sylvia Plath...<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Apologies for my lack of updates, life got in the way, not bad, just busy. There will be more updates soon on things and puchases regarding Sylvia Plath (and Ted Hughes). In the meantime here is a slightly Plath related post, a 'Poem for a Birthday' so to speak for a dear friend who is an archivist, historian and superb Plathophile indeed. Cheers to you Mr Steinberg at the fabulous </span><a href="http://www.sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
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I have two 1965 first editions, first impressions and am considering a third. Then there are the two 1972 editions and a 1967 copy on the way - all as striking as the next. I imagine a piece of artwork made from images of at least 20 copies, from the pristine to the raggedy. Okay, not all images being from copies I own, but hey I am getting there.
I will post a photo when the '67 arrives.
What is your favourite Plath-related cover design?A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-51132704066981977202012-03-10T20:03:00.002-08:002012-03-10T20:11:00.329-08:00Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes stand on my desk<span style="color: #990000;">Birthdays can mean many fun, thoughtful and 'we know you well' gifts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">One lovely friend made me a piece of art that consists of all Plath's published works (their titles) as a framed composition. Others kindly sent me a tiny Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. All three, now sit happily on my desk at work.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">The dolls are made by the delightful Debbie Ritter at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/UneekDollDesigns?ref=top_trail">http://www.etsy.com/shop/UneekDollDesigns?ref=top_trail</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Thank you dear friends</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #990000;">Finally <em>Still Life with Pots and Fruit</em> the pen and ink drawing by Sylvia Plath from 1957, is here. It is here, it is framed, and is on my wall (near my Plath book collection) where I can see it every day, and I do look at it each and every day. On the back is handwritten in that familiar Hughes' scrawl 'By Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes', so there is a little bit of Hughes here too. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I love all my Sylvia Plath items; there is not one favourite piece – though several are particular teacher’s pets. However, there is something special, something intangible about the very tangibility of this drawing. The fact that Sylvia Plath created it, she touched it, and now so have I adds a distinctive quality to it. There is a different sort of connection here, perhaps like owning a draft or a letter, which I do not, that makes it seem less distant than a final published product.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">It is here, it is lovely and it has its place in my collection, a collection that hopefully will continue to draw together pieces of Sylvia Plath for me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Happy almost birthday to me; lovely presents as 'Still life with pots and fruit' and 'Howls and Whispers' have arrived!</span><br />
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By Mid-January some gems will have arrived. Hughes' Howls and Whispers and Plath's Still Life with Pots and Fruit and there WILL be pictures.<br />
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Also, I have yet to find the annotator of my copy of The Colossus, but did uncover a Plath connection in the process so far. The bookseller revealed the annotator was a 'Claire'. Dear friends in England went through property records from 1960 - 1963 for me for the address in the annotation (see earlier post) and uncovered a Claire there that I must chase down, and another dear friend uncovered a Claire living in the country who could be the annotator. <br />
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I contacted her, a lovely elderly woman, who was sadly not my annotator but who had met Plath, Hughes and Frieda through Elizabeth Sigmund. They had spent the day at this Claire's home when looking to move to Devon. This Claire seemed a little sad at not making much of an appearance anywhere in Plath's story, journals etc, but was happy to share her small connection with me and I was thankful for this. we have had several lovely email communications.<br />
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I found a Claire, a Plath linked generous Claire, but still wonder about the Colossus annotator.<br />
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the search continues...A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-68085366736399904862011-11-04T17:52:00.000-07:002011-11-04T17:52:53.183-07:00All this and art too - The Mayor Gallery exhibit of 'Sylvia Plath's Drawings'<span style="color: #990000;">Yes, we Plathophiles know Plath for her way with words, but she had the ability to work visually as well which sometimes gets lost. You can see all of the images for this exhibition at the Mayor Gallery's site:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mayorgallery.com/Slyvia-Plath:-Her-Drawings/c638/index.html"><span style="color: #990000;">http://www.mayorgallery.com/Slyvia-Plath:-Her-Drawings/c638/index.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Oh I wish I could go... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">That said, purchasing something that Plath actually created, something immediate, something that was in her hand, that she has touched, was always thought to be beyond me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Not anymore! All the pieces were for sale - I think all have now sold.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Next year I will be in possession of 'Still Life with Pots and Fruit' from 1957. Oh Joy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">More updates to come, I am slowly getting this blog back on track. There will be more pictures of the art piece once received and in place.</span>A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-63934184401950715282011-10-27T16:23:00.000-07:002011-10-27T16:29:12.568-07:00Happy Birthday Sylvia Plath and Nana Faye<span style="color: #990000;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath would be the same age as my beloved Nana Faye, whose birthday was only 5 days ago.</span></div><ul><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath has 2 children, my Nana has 3.</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath was a poet, author, and mother, my Nana worked in a crayfish factory, and is a mother, grandmother and great grandmother.</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath sadly died young, my Nana is thankfully still here; alert, tender and feisty.</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath conformed to, and fought against, the social expectations on women during her time, my Nana continues to surprise with a very modern outlook on the world and social behaviour. </span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath went from America, to England, the Continent and back and forth, my Nana has travelled Australia and Asia.</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath expressed a literary dark humour, while my Nana has a cheekiness about her and an, often surprising, quick wit.</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath experienced emotional upheavals and battled personal demons, however, my Nana is steadfast, stable and utterly optimistic.</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sylvia Plath's work influences my teaching and literary tastes, yet my Nana influences my values, my beliefs and my very way of living.</span></div></li>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia;">Nana Faye and Alex last Christmas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZURfxRRDXW9rBToMKmJr9gFC1l0bCiuJ3-l9xhgVkT6dkTHE3bCh5T69fBIIPPFZ1h84qz1HCQkPO7JvlXngq0N_vZA8NNGLaL_ci8mmQByFaWmI_Jp2ZEiw2AZAJAsDkaHNxorLBWI/s1600/19647_278573998766_734438766_4439119_7862021_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZURfxRRDXW9rBToMKmJr9gFC1l0bCiuJ3-l9xhgVkT6dkTHE3bCh5T69fBIIPPFZ1h84qz1HCQkPO7JvlXngq0N_vZA8NNGLaL_ci8mmQByFaWmI_Jp2ZEiw2AZAJAsDkaHNxorLBWI/s640/19647_278573998766_734438766_4439119_7862021_n.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div>A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-65644367921318578342011-10-06T16:46:00.000-07:002011-10-06T16:46:35.005-07:00Apologies for lack of Plathery<span style="color: #990000;">I musy apologise sincerely for my lack of updates - delightfully robust small children, a busy, busy workplace and definite lack of sleep all got in the way. I will get on the case this weekend.</span>A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-86769629120795408522011-08-21T05:33:00.000-07:002011-08-21T05:33:24.021-07:00Proof copy of Sylvia Plath's Winter Trees and...<span style="color: #990000;">A find! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Also, news coming soon about the search for the annotator of my 1960 copy of Sylvia Plath's <em>The Colossus</em>.</span><br />
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A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-35618969491928356952011-07-31T03:32:00.000-07:002011-07-31T03:32:26.219-07:00Plath's Senior Thesis '55 ~ The Magic Mirror<span style="color: #990000;">I recently had the honour to do business with the lovely, lovely Roy Watkins of <em>The Embers Handpress</em>. I purchased an unbound copy of Plath's Senior Thesis, <em>The Magic Mirror: A Study of the Double in Two of Dostoevsky's Novels,</em> printed in 1989, which he then kindly and most beautifully bound for me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><em>Embers Handpress</em> is a small private press in Wales, UK who, between 1974 and 1990, produced limited editions of modern and classic literature. Recently, after a break of fifteen years, they decided to start printing and binding once again and I am most glad they did. They currently have a brilliant online catalogue of Ted Hughes rarities and paraphernalia, which is incredibly tempting. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Do take a look at the site!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I would love to hear it on the radio as it was meant to be and often wonder, despite its length, whether I should tackle it as a poem with my students as the three voices work so effectively. However, it is often, and was, performed as a stage play mid this month, for more information, though the performance has past, please follow the link to relevant page on the wonderful sylviaplathinfo </span><span style="color: #990000;">page.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The seller revealed the person they purchased it from literally found it in the bottom of a box at a sale... WOW! Yes, it does occasionally happen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The name on the front and the bookplate is 'Sadie Balkind'. I have discovered there is a scholarship named after her in New Zealand, where the book is coming from... the search begins.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I have not forgotten, rather wistfully glanced at the computer before rushing off.</span>A Piece of Platheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334627212441829777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559109327373436767.post-49494249067004968542011-05-22T03:08:00.000-07:002011-05-22T03:08:43.459-07:00Children, children, children ~ Sylvia Plath for kids!<span style="color: #990000;">We can not forget that Plath also wrote quirky, fun pieces for children! <em>Mrs Cherry's Kitchen, The Bed Book </em>and <em>The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit.</em> This is Plath being playful! </span><br />
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