Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "Why should you read Sylvia Plath? - Iseult Gillespie" video.

  1. Wonderfully done video and narration! True that Sylvia Plath had to make a decision about which life-and-career path to take. I had the pleasure of seeing an exhibition of her paintings at Indiana University and learned that Sylvia Plath had serioiusly considered becoming a painter before her deicsion to pursue a writing career. Recently I read "Ariel--the Restored Edition", by Plath, then Ted Hughes's "Birthday Letters" then "Ariel's Gift--Ted Huges, Sylvia Plath & the Publication of Birthday Letters" by Erica Wagner; a great combination of books. I think it should be mentioned that some of the Ariel poems were not published the first time the collection was published not necessarily because Ted Hughes was trying to protect his own image but because some of the poems were directed at other, identifiable people. Also at the time of her death, Sylvia Plath's arrangememtn and selection of poems for "Ariel" may not have been finalized.
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