Sylvia Plath and the Impossible in the Holocaust

Authors

  • Ana Cecilia Carvalho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.10.18.15-37

Keywords:

Holocaust, Metaphor, Sylvia Plath

Abstract

The aim of this article is to focus on the use of the metaphor of the Holocaust in the Sylvia Plath’s poetry (1932-1962), in order to examine both the functions as the limits of literary creation. Taking into consideration the autobiographical and poetic suicide of the American writer, will be on the horizon the reading and analysis of poems “Daddy”, “Lady Lazarus”, “Words” and “Edge”.

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Author Biography

Ana Cecilia Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Escritora, psicanalista e professora aposentada da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Autora de A poética do suicídio em Sylvia Plath (Editora da UFMG), O livro neurótico de receitas (Editora Ophicina de Arte & Prosa) e Uma mulher, outra mulher (Editora Lê), entre outros.

Published

2016-05-29

How to Cite

Carvalho, A. C. (2016). Sylvia Plath and the Impossible in the Holocaust. Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital De Estudos Judaicos Da UFMG, 10(18), 15–37. https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.10.18.15-37