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Sylvia Plath

Title
Sylvia Plath [videorecording] / Lawrence Pitkethly, Sasha Alpert; a New York Center for Visual History production.
Publication
Santa Barbara, CA : Intellimation, 1988.

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Moving imageBy appointment only VTH 1314 SOffsite

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  • Pitkethly, Lawrence.
  • New York Center for Visual History, Inc.
Description
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., b&w/col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
This program considers the confessional poetry and haunting persona of Sylvia Plath, who committed suicide at age 30. It incoporates the painful memories of her mother Aurelia Plath and the recollections of close associates, Clarissa Roche, Dido Merwin, and classmate Margaret Shook. The critic A. Alvarez, Plath's teacher Wilbury Crockett and feminist poet/scholar Sandra M. Gilbert analyze her poetry which reveals the anguish and destructive conflicts which plagued her life.
Series Statement
(Voices and visions)
Uniform Title
Voices & visions (Television program)
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Credits (note)
  • Director, Lawrence Pitkethly.
Title
Sylvia Plath [videorecording] / Lawrence Pitkethly, Sasha Alpert; a New York Center for Visual History production.
Imprint
Santa Barbara, CA : Intellimation, 1988.
Series
(Voices and visions)
Credits
Director, Lawrence Pitkethly.
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Pitkethly, Lawrence.
New York Center for Visual History, Inc.
Added Title
Voices & visions (Television program)
Branch Call Number
VTH 1314 S
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