Reading (and) the late poems of Sylvia Plath

This article offers a reading of Sylvia Plath's late poems by utilizing the psycholinguistic paradigms of Julia Kristeva and Jacques Lacan. It explores the methods by which the poems seek to exploit textual space (silence) in order to suggest an experience that exists beyond the Symbolic. Follo...

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Author: Mitchell, Paul
Format: article
Publication Date:2005
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
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Language:English
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