#al alvarez

[dailyjaredharris]

Day 3 of daily Jared Harris is...*Sigh* Not again

[bitesizedpoetry]

Al Alvarez, on Sylvia Plath's poem, "Lady Lazarus", in his book, "The Savage God" (published in 1971, 8 years after Sylvia's death); [Al was a literary critic who played a pivotal role in bringing the poetry of Ted Hughes and Sylvia to the public]

[derangedrhythms]

Poetry of this order, […] is a murderous art. 

Al Alvarez, on Sylvia Plath, quoted in ‘Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life’ by Jonathan Bate

[riotnsurf]

Sylvia Plath (from The New Poetry by Al Alvarez,1962)

[arsnaturaveritas]

‘Iwishiweredead. Iwishiweredead. Iwishiweredead...’

Al Alvarez, “Epilogue: Letting Go”, en The Savage God. A Study of Suicide, Penguin, Middlesex, 1975, p. 292.

[bitesizedpoetry]

Al Alvarez, a literary critic who played a pivotal role in bringing the poetry of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath to the public, in his book, "The Savage God" (published in 1971, 8 years after Sylvia's death)

[bitesizedpoetry]

Al Alvarez, a literary critic who played a pivotal role in bringing the poetry of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath to the public, in his book, "The Savage God" (published in 1971, 8 years after Sylvia's death)

[bitesizedpoetry]

Al Alvarez, a literary critic who played a pivotal role in bringing the poetry of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath to the public, in his book, "The Savage God" (published in 1971, 8 years after Sylvia's death)