Sylvia Plath: The Spoken Word

Synopsis: Her frank, confessional style of writing won Sylvia Plath many fans around the world, and she remains very popular over forty years after her death. This CD brings together BBC recordings from the British Library Sound Archive, and includes Plath discussing and reading from her work. A particular highlight is a 1961 recording of a BBC programme Plath recorded with her husband, Ted Hughes, where they talk about their marriage and what it means to live with your muse. Many of these recordings are published here for the first time.

Tracks include:
Two of a Kind - Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes in conversation
The Living Poet - talk with poetry readings
What Made You Stay?
New Comment - a review of ‘Contemporary American Poetry’
and readings of
Leaving Early
Candles
Tulips
The Surgeon at 2 a.m.
Berck-Plage
Series: Spoken Word, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2010
Availability: out of distribution
Notes: Review
Subjects: English language and literature; Literature
Keywords: Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963); poetry

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Notes: A range of audio publications related to the collections of the British Library’s Sound Archive. Historical topics, wildlife sounds, world music, art and literature are particularly strongly represented. There are also a few DVDs, videos and CD-ROMs based on holdings in the BL. Some of the titles are available for paid audio download.

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