The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath is a collection of journals, letters and notebooks written by Sylvia Plath between the years 1950 - 1962 published in 2000. Considered a "major literary event", Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, more fully revealing the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons.