The Blood Jet of Poetry: Muse myths, poetic influence, and the common text of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
Amos, Nathaniel Scott
Amos, Nathaniel Scott
Abstract
Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, one of the 20th-century's literary power marriages, saw each other as each other's muse. As a result, they developed a common text--a unified work that emerges from two seemingly disconnected collections -- that allows them "speak" with each other even after Plath's death in 1963. In my paper, I explore constructions of the muse and Harold Bloom's concept of poetic influence, and ultimately expose how Plath and Hughes wrote their common text.
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Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.
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2008-05-27
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Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Muse, Common text