Ariel

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Ariel is a posthumously published poetry collection by Sylvia Plath that is widely regarded as her most powerful and influential work.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf poetry collection
associatedWith Sylvia Plath's suicide
author Sylvia Plath
compiledBy Ted Hughes
containsWork Ariel (poem)
Daddy
Death & Co.
Edge
Fever 103°
Lady Lazarus
Poppies in July
Sheep in Fog
The Applicant
Tulips
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReputation widely regarded as Sylvia Plath's most influential work
widely regarded as Sylvia Plath's most powerful work
editor Ted Hughes
firstUKPublicationYear 1965
firstUSPublicationYear 1966
genre confessional poetry
hasEdition 1965 UK edition edited by Ted Hughes
1966 US edition edited by Ted Hughes
2004 restored edition edited by Frieda Hughes
hasForm free verse
lyric poetry
hasPageCount about 80 pages
influenced confessional poets
contemporary feminist poetry
language English
literaryMovement Confessionalism
mediaType print
notableFor exploration of female experience
innovative use of language
intense emotional imagery
originalPublicationYear 1965
placeOfWriting Devon, England
London, England
publicationStatus posthumous
publisher Faber and Faber
Harper & Row
restoredEditionEditor Frieda Hughes NERFINISHED
restoredEditionPublicationYear 2004
subjectMatter death
identity
marriage
mental illness
motherhood
timeOfWriting 1961–1963


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