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Famous Authors' Rejection Letters Surface *

Sep 16th, 2007 · Jack Kerouac, George Orwell and Sylvia Plath are just a few of the authors whose books were turned down by the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house. Researchers going through the Knopf archives have come across their rejection letters, as well as a few others.

Keywords: famous · archive · George Orwell · Jack Kerouac · Sylvia Plath · Knopf · publishing · Alfred

Recovering Literature's 'Lost Books'

Jun 10th, 2006 · Some of the world's greatest prose and poetry may lie in the ash heap of history, according to Stuart Kelly. In The Book of Lost Books, he describes works by Jane Austen, Aristophanes, Sylvia Plath and others whose bibliographies may be incomplete.

Keywords: world · history · recovering · Literature · Poetry · Austen · Sylvia Plath · Aristophanes · Stuart Kelly · The Book of Lost Books · bibliographies · incomplete

The 'Ariel' Poems: A Return to Form *

Dec 2nd, 2004 · It's been nearly 40 years since Sylvia Plath's last poetic compilation, Ariel was published. The collection was edited by -- or some might even say tampered with -- Plath's husband, the poet Ted Hughes. Now the collection has been re-released exactly as Sylvia Plath left it. Plath's daughter, Frieda Hughes, talks about Ariel: The Restored Edition and her mother's legacy.

Keywords: husband · legacy · poems · Ariel · collection · daughter · poet · poetic · Sylvia Plath · tampered · Plath · Ted Hughes