{"product_id":"ariels-gift-ted-hughes-sylvia-plath-and-the-story-of-birthday-letters-9780393323016","title":"Ariel's Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the Story of Birthday Letters","description":"When Ted Hughes's \u003cem\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1998, it was greeted with astonishment and acclaim, immediately landing on the bestseller list. Few suspected that Hughes had been at work for a quarter of a century on this cycle of poems addressed to his first wife, Sylvia Plath. In \u003cem\u003eAriel's Gift\u003c\/em\u003e, Erica Wagner explores the destructive relationship between these two poets through their lives and their writings. She provides a commentary to the poems in \u003cem\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, showing the events that shaped them and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. \"Both narratively engaging and scholastically comprehensive.\"--Thomas Lynch, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e \"Wagner has set the poems of Hughes's \u003cem\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/em\u003e in the context of his marriage to Plath with great delicacy.\"--\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erica Wagner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.62w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393323016","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710656581769,"sku":"9780393323016","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_76944818-7ef8-48e4-8aed-e928450eb701.jpg?v=1719541060","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/ariels-gift-ted-hughes-sylvia-plath-and-the-story-of-birthday-letters-9780393323016","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}