The Colossus and Other Poems

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book poetry collection

The Colossus and Other Poems is Sylvia Plath’s first published poetry collection, showcasing her early distinctive voice and themes of identity, death, and psychological turmoil.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
AmericanEditionPublicationYear 1962 ⓘ
AmericanEditionPublisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
author Sylvia Plath ⓘ
containsPoem Full Fathom Five ⓘ
The Beekeeper’s Daughter ⓘ
The Colossus ⓘ
The Disquieting Muses ⓘ
The Manor Garden ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticalReception well received by contemporary critics ⓘ
firstEditionPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
follows juvenilia of Sylvia Plath ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasAuthor Sylvia Plath ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature early display of Sylvia Plath’s mature poetic voice ⓘ
formal and tightly structured verse ⓘ
use of vivid and often unsettling imagery ⓘ
hasEdition American edition ⓘ
isFirstPublishedCollectionOf Sylvia Plath ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Confessional poetry ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableWorkOf Sylvia Plath ⓘ
precedes Ariel ⓘ
publicationYear 1960 ⓘ
publisher William Heinemann ⓘ
surface form: Heinemann
theme death ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
identity ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
psychological turmoil ⓘ

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Crossing the Water → follows → The Colossus and Other Poems ⓘ
Sylvia Plath → notableWork → The Colossus and Other Poems ⓘ
Winter Trees → relatedWork → The Colossus and Other Poems ⓘ