La poésie d'Anne Sexton est née d'une vie intérieure profondément personnelle et souvent tumultueuse, transformant ses luttes en un art brut et confessionnel. Si la thérapie offrait une échappatoire, elle la liait simultanément au processus d'externalisation de sa douleur par le vers. Son œuvre se caractérise par une exploration sans faille de la psyché humaine, offrant aux lecteurs des aperçus profonds, bien que parfois troublants, sur les complexités de l'existence. La voix distinctive et la puissance littéraire de Sexton continuent de résonner, consolidant son héritage en tant que figure centrale de la poésie américaine.
From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems from her last years.
Brimming over with the inspirational words and thoughts of some of our finest writers, Cries of the Spirit is a beautiful sourcebook of poetry and prose in praise of life and all that it entails. Here women's voices fill the age-old silence about matters central to their experience-from menstruation, sexual intimacy, and childbirth to caretaking, household rituals, and death. These writings represent a healing vision of the sacred that emerges from the particular consciousness of women-a vision that partakes of the world of earth and flesh.
From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems from her last years.
A self-portrait in letters
An expression of an extraordinary poet's life story in her own words, this book shows Anne Sexton as she really was in private, as she wrote about herself to family, friends, fellow poets, and students. Anne's daughter Linda Gray Sexton and her close confidant Lois Ames have judiciously chosen from among thousands of letters and provided commentary where necessary. Illustrated throughout with candid photographs and memorabilia, the letters -- brilliant, lyrical, caustic, passionate, angry -- are a consistently revealing index to Sexton's quixotic and exuberant personality.
A selection of poems by contemporary American author Anne Sexton, drawn primarily from eight previously published collections.
The fairy tale-based works of the tortured confessional poet, whose raw honesty and wit in the face of psychological pain have touched thousands of readers.
Twenty-five poems celebrating the sensual frontiers of Sexton's time.
Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, a collection that gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations.From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Glück, this anthology takes the full measure of our poetry's daring energies and its tender understandings.Other poets Sylvia PlathJames MerrillAmy clampittJorie GrahamW. S. MerwinCharles SimicAllen GinsbergFrank O'HaraAnne SextonRobert CreeleySharon OldsMary OliverRobert PinskyMark StrandDenise LevertovRichard WilburMay SwensonMichael PalmerMark DotyYusef Komunyakaa
Focusing on confessional verse, this collection showcases Anne Sexton's deeply personal poetry, exploring themes of mental illness, depression, and the complexities of her familial relationships. Known for her candid and often painful reflections, Sexton's work delves into her struggles with suicidal thoughts and the impact of her experiences on her life and art. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning talent is evident as she navigates the intricacies of love, trauma, and the human condition through her evocative and haunting language.
Anne Sexton verwandelt in ihren Gedichten klassische Märchen und bringt neue Erkenntnisse für die Gegenwart, insbesondere in Bezug auf die veränderte Rolle der Frau. Sie nutzt die Magie vertrauter Bilder und thematisiert Verwandlungen von Unglück zu Glück und von Hässlichkeit zu Schönheit.
Anne Sexton je významnou predstaviteľkou americkej poézie druhej plovice 20. storočia a držiteľkou Pulitzerovej ceny (1967). Podobne ako Sylvia Plath, aj ona otvorene a s hlbokou úprimnosťou odhaľovala ženskosť, materstvo, vzťahy a stav mysle trápenej depresiou. Jej výpovede sú mimoriadne metaforické, pre niekoho snáď až poburujúce. Publikácia ponúka výber z poézie pôsobivo komentovaný linkovými kresbami Miloša Karáska.
