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9780395477823

SELECTED POEMS OF ANNE SEXTON

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    9780395477823

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    0395477824

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  • Copyright: 1988-01-01
  • Publisher: HM TR

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Summary

With simple, forceful imagery, Anne Sexton's poetry is not only remarkably powerful but also very accessible. The subjects she writes about -- sex, mental breakdown, the search for spiritual meaning, and the dark side of Suburban Life -- speak to reader's today as eloquently as they did during her lifetime.

Author Biography

Anne Sexton was born in 1928 and lived all her life in the Boston area. In 1967 she received the Pulitzer Prize. She committed suicide in 1974

Table of Contents

Introductionp. xi
Chronologyp. xxiv
Early Poems
The Balance Wheel (1958)p. 3
An Obsessive Combination of Ontological Inscape, Trickery and Love (1959)p. 4
My Friend, My Friend (1959)p. 5
from To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960)
You, Doctor Martinp. 9
Kind Sir: These Woodsp. 11
Music Swims Back to Mep. 12
Elizabeth Gonep. 13
Some Foreign Lettersp. 14
Said the Poet to the Analystp. 17
Her Kindp. 18
Unknown Girl in the Maternity Wardp. 19
What's Thatp. 21
The Moss of His Skinp. 22
Ringing the Bellsp. 23
Lullabyp. 24
The Lost Ingredientp. 25
For John, Who Begs Me Not to Enquire Furtherp. 26
The Double Imagep. 28
The Division of Partsp. 35
from All My Pretty Ones (1962)
The Truth the Dead Knowp. 43
All My Pretty Onesp. 44
Youngp. 46
Lamentp. 47
To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumphp. 48
The Starry Nightp. 49
Old Dwarf Heartp. 50
I Rememberp. 51
The Operationp. 52
The Abortionp. 56
With Mercy for the Greedyp. 57
In the Deep Museump. 59
The Fortressp. 61
Oldp. 63
Housewifep. 64
Letter Written on a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Soundp. 65
For Eleanor Boylan Talking with Godp. 68
The Black Artp. 69
from Live or Die (1966)
And One for My Damep. 73
Flee on Your Donkeyp. 75
Somewhere in Africap. 82
Consorting with Angelsp. 83
The Legend of the One-Eyed Manp. 85
Protestant Easterp. 88
For the Year of the Insanep. 91
Walking in Parisp. 94
Menstruation at Fortyp. 96
Wanting to Diep. 98
Little Girl, My Stringbean, My Lovely Womanp. 100
Your Face on the Dog's Neckp. 103
Self in 1958p. 106
In the Beach Housep. 108
Cripples and Other Storiesp. 109
Pain for a Daughterp. 112
The Addictp. 114
Livep. 116
from Love Poems (1969)
The Breastp. 123
In Celebration of My Uterusp. 125
Loving the Killerp. 127
For My Lover, Returning to His Wifep. 130
It Is a Spring Afternoonp. 132
Just Oncep. 134
You All Know the Story of the Other Womanp. 135
The Ballad of the Lonely Masturbatorp. 136
The Papa and Mama Dancep. 138
Usp. 140
Mr. Minep. 141
Song for a Ladyp. 142
from Eighteen Days Without Youp. 143
December 2
December 11
December 18
from Transformations (1971)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfsp. 149
Rapunzelp. 154
One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyesp. 159
The Frog Princep. 164
Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)p. 169
from The Book of Folly (1972)
from Thirty Poems
Mother and Daughterp. 177
Dreaming the Breastsp. 179
The Silencep. 180
from The Death of the Fathersp. 182
Oysters
How We Danced
The Boat
Santa
Angels of the Love Affairp. 187
Angel of Fire and Genitals
Angel of Clean Sheets
Angel of Flight and Sleigh Bells
Angel of Hope and Calendars
Angel of Blizzards and Blackouts
Angel of Beach Houses and Picnics
from The Jesus Papers
Jesus Sucklesp. 191
Jesus Awakep. 192
Jesus Asleepp. 193
Jesus Raises Up the Harlotp. 194
Jesus Cooksp. 195
Jesus Summons Forthp. 196
Jesus Diesp. 197
Jesus Unbornp. 199
The Author of the Jesus Papers Speaksp. 200
from The Death Notebooks (1974)
For Mr. Death Who Stands with His Door Openp. 203
The Death Babyp. 205
Dreams
The Dy-dee Doll
Seven Times
Madonna
Max
Baby
from The Furiesp. 210
The Fury of Beautiful Bones
The Fury of Guitars and Sopranos
The Fury of Cooks
The Fury of Cocks
The Fury of Sunsets
The Fury of Sunrises
Clothesp. 216
from O Ye Tonguesp. 218
First Psalm
Fourth Psalm
Eighth Psalm
Tenth Psalm
from The Awful Rowing Toward God (1975)
Rowingp. 229
Riding the Elevator into the Skyp. 231
When Man Enters Womanp. 233
The Earthp. 234
Jesus, the Actor, Plays the Holy Ghostp. 236
Frenzyp. 238
The God-Mongerp. 239
Small Wirep. 241
The Rowing Endethp. 242
Posthumously Published Work
45 Mercy Street (1976)
from Beginning the Hegira
The Money Swingp. 247
Foodp. 248
from Bestiary U.S.A.
Hornetp. 249
Star-Nosed Molep. 250
Whalep. 251
from The Divorce Papers
Where It Was At Back Thenp. 252
from Eating the Leftovers
Divorce, Thy Name Is Womanp. 253
The Consecrating Motherp. 255
Words for Dr. Y. (1978)
from Letters to Dr. Y.
[What has it come to, Dr. Y.]p. 257
[I called him Comfort]p. 259
[It's music you've never heard]p. 260
[I'm dreaming the My Lai soldier again]p. 261
from Scorpio, Bad Spider, Die: The Horoscope Poems
January 24thp. 262
February 3rdp. 263
February 21stp. 264
from Last Poems
In Excelsisp. 265
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