Date Thesis Awarded
5-2008
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
English
Advisor
Henry Hart
Committee Members
Christy L. Burns
Susan Van D'Elden Donaldson
Silvia Roxana Tandeciarz
Abstract
Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, one of the 20th-century's literary power marriages, saw each other as each other's muse. As a result, they developed a common text--a unified work that emerges from two seemingly disconnected collections -- that allows them "speak" with each other even after Plath's death in 1963. In my paper, I explore constructions of the muse and Harold Bloom's concept of poetic influence, and ultimately expose how Plath and Hughes wrote their common text.
Recommended Citation
Amos, Nathaniel Scott, "The Blood Jet of Poetry: Muse myths, poetic influence, and the common text of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes" (2008). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 843.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/843
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.