Importance of Sylvia Plath to American Literature History

Dr. Norah Hadi Alsaeed

Volume 13 Issue 12

Global Journal of Human-Social Science

Sylvia Plath has been assumed as one which was significant due to her position as a female poet (6). However the growing feminist trend in the 1970s enabled a number of critics to look deeper into her work and identify the contribution made by Plath to American literature. There were several critics who presented positive criticism about Plath including the work by Aird "Sylvia Plath: The Woman and Her Work" (1973)," The Art of Sylvia Plath (1970)" . During the early point of her life which may be termed as the early Smith years the poetry written by Plath was measured and moderately good. She demonstrated the ability to narrow down on a topic but did not demonstrate the depth of voice. Her poems reflected her need to learn by presenting focus on a wide range of poetic elements including syllabics, length of lines and stanzas. She worked hard to present perfection by focusing on using thesaurus and push herself through every poem written. Her poetry was centered around the work of a number of well known poets including Dylan Thomas, Wallace Stevens and Auden W H.Apart from poetry her interest revolved around writing for influential women’s magazines of her era in America. Most of her earliest efforts to establish herself as a contemporary American poet was faced with rejection initially. She however found a small modicum of success in her works.