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2. Motherhood and Love
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Lecture
In this module, we think about the theme of motherhood and love in Plath’s poetry, focusing in particular on the poems ‘You’re’, ‘Morning Song’, and ‘Edge’
Course
In this course, we explore the poetry of Sylvia Plath: first, we think about what it means to describe Plath as a writer of Confessional Poetry; after that we look at the themes of motherhood and love in Plath’s poetry; in the third module, we think in more detail about ‘Ariel’ (1965) before focusing in the last module on Plath’s engagement with contemporary politics.
Lecturer
Diane Purkiss is a Professor at Keble College, Oxford. She has published two books on the English Civil War - 'The English Civil War: A People's History' (2006) and 'Literature, Gender, and Politics during the English Civil War' (2005).
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Purkiss, D. (2018, August 15). The Poetry of Sylvia Plath - Motherhood and Love [Video]. MASSOLIT. https://www.massolit.io/courses/the-poetry-of-sylvia-plath/motherhood-and-love
MLA style
Purkiss, D. "The Poetry of Sylvia Plath – Motherhood and Love." MASSOLIT, uploaded by MASSOLIT, 15 Aug 2018, https://www.massolit.io/courses/the-poetry-of-sylvia-plath/motherhood-and-love
