by Sylvia Plath
Poppies in October the dedication for Helder and Suzette Macedo has been restored 12 cornflowers!] cornflowers.
The Courage of Shutting-Up 3, 5, 16 discs] disks 5 heard,] heard - 20 going.] going! 21 by] by, 25 time!] time.
Nick and the Candlestick 2 stalacmites] stalactites Berck-Plage 2 inflammation!] inflammation. 32 throat!] throat ... 64 whitely,] whitely 73 grey] gray 91 unnatural] natural Getting There 4 appal] appall 56 an is placed between parentheses in Plaths's typescript
Medusa 13 you,] you 26 Paralyzing] Paralysing 31 X ray] X-ray Purdah 8 valuable.] valuable! 19 arrives,] arrives 20 mirrors.] mirrors! 25 curtain.] curtain 35 macaws.] macaws! 45 plies] flies 46 crystals,] crystals The Moon and the Yew Tree 5 Fumey] Fumy A Birthday Present 14 all,] all 39 cotton -] cotton. 50 cold,] cold Letter in November 14 Wellingtons] wellingtons 28 grey] gray Amnesiac 1 Recognize.] Recognize! 4 wife] wife - 6 cocker.] cooker! 15 barren.] barren! 18 rears,] rears 19 tail.] tail!
Daddy 9 grey] gray 27 a period replaces a comma after the final ich 38 gypsy] gipsy 43 moustache] mustache 45 o You] O You 60 do] do.
Fever 103deg 52 Nor] Not The Bee Meeting 15 beanfield,] beanfield. 39 cow parsley] cow-parsley The Arrival of the Bee Box 17 appals] appalls Stings 9 it.] it, 12 grey] gray
Wintering 16 the 's' has been accidentally dropped from Chinese in Plaths's typescript; the correct spelling has always been used in the published poem
SECTION II, Facsimile of the manuscript for Ariel and other poems
Sylvia Plath's manuscript Ariel and other poems consists of sheets of 81/2x11 inches cream-coloured typing paper. She used a black typewriter ribbon.
Sylvia Plath's name and Devon address appear in the upper right-hand corner on the original and carbon copy sheets of the two discarded title pages of the manuscript in the Smith College archive. On both sheets, Plath has used black pen. The original discarded title page reads 'Daddy'. 'A Birthday Present', 'The Rabbit Catcher', and 'The Rival' are deleted. On the discarded carbon copy title page of 'Daddy,' 'A Birthday Present' and 'The Rival' are deleted.
Plath created two identical dedication pages, again using carbon copy paper. Only the original is reproduced here.
She also created two identical contents pages by use of carbon copy paper. On the original contents page, all of Plath's marks are in black ink, except for the mark in red over the 'h' of 'Death & Co.'; the other mark in red is in the lower right hand of the page. On the carbon copy contents page, she underlined in red the titles of poems that were accepted for publication and typed or wrote the place of publication next to each title. All handwritten annotations are in black ink except for the word 'Poetry' opposite 'Purdah' and 'Fever 103deg', which is written in red. It is possible that some of the annotations were made as late as January 25, 1963, when the London Magazine accepted a number of Plath's poems for its April 1963 issue.
SECTION III, Facsimile drafts of the poem 'Ariel'
On all the original working drafts of 'Ariel' where Sylvia Plath has typed her name in the upper right-hand corner, she has also included her Devon address. The original typeset proof of 'Ariel' from the Observer contains Sylvia Plath's Devon address in two places under her name.
APPENDIX I
The Swarm 5 What] Who 9 marshalling] marshaling 10 Shh,] Shh! 11 Shh.] Shh! 16 Clouds! Clouds!] Clouds, clouds. 23 pack dog] pack-dog 26 high.] high! 27 Germany.] Germany! 33 grey] gray 37 Pom, pom.] Pom! Pom! 39 chariots] charioteers Army.] Army! 40 Napoleon. Napoleon! 43 sea.] sea! 51 grey] gray 55 Pom, pom!] Pom! Pom! 58 black,] black 60 Europe.] Europe! honey.] honey!
The four previously published volumes of Sylvia Plath's poetry
Ariel [A] Faber & Faber, London, 1965; Harper & Row, NY, 1966
Crossing the Water [CW] Faber & Faber, London, 1971; Harper & Row, NY, 1971
Winter Trees [WT] Faber & Faber, London, 1971; Harper & Row, NY, 1972
The Collected Poems [CP] Faber & Faber, London, 1981; Harper & Row, NY, 1981
The following are the dates of composition for Sylvia Plath's poems in Ariel and other poems as established in The Collected Poems and on the manuscripts at Smith College. The bracketed abbreviations indicate the Sylvia Plath volume in which the poem first appeared.
'Morning Song' (19 February 1961) [A]
'The Couriers' (4 November 1962) [A]
'The Rabbit Catcher' (21 May 1962) [WT]
'Thalidomide' (4-8 November 1962) [WT]
'The Applicant' (11 October 1962) [A]
'Barren Woman' (21 February 1961) [CP]
'Lady Lazarus' (23-29 October 1962) [A]
'Tulips' (18 March 1961) [A]
'A Secret' (10 October 1962) [CP]
'The Jailor' (17 October 1962) [CP]
'Cut' (24 October 1962) [A]
'Elm' (12-19 April 1962) [A]
'The Night Dances' (4-6 November 1962) [A]
'The Detective' (1 October 1962) [WT]
'Ariel' (27 October 1962) [A]
'Death & Co.' (12-14 November 1962) [A]
'Magi' (1960) [CW]
'Lesbos' (18 October 1962) [A]
'The Other' (2 July 1962) [WT]
'Stopped Dead' (19 October 1962) [WT]
'Poppies in October' (27 October 1962) [A]
'The Courage of Shutting-Up' (2 October 1962) [WT]
'Nick and the Candlestick' (24 October 1962) [A]
'Berck-Plage' (28-30 June 1962) [A]
'Gulliver' (3-6 November 1962) [A]
'Getting There' (3-6 November 1962) [A]
'Medusa' (28 October 1962) [WT]
'Purdah' (28 October 1962) [WT]
'The Moon and the Yew Tree' (22 October 1961) [A]
'A Birthday Present' (30 September 1962) [A]
'Letter in November' (11 November 1962) [A]
'Amnesiac' (21 October 1962) [WT]
'The Rival' (July 1961) [A]
'Daddy' (12 October 1962) [A]
'You're' (January/February 1960) [A]
'Fever 103deg' (20 October 1962) [A]
'The Bee Meeting' (3 October 1962) [A]
'The Arrival of the Bee Box' (4 October 1962) [A]
'Stings' (6 October 1962) [A]
'The Swarm' (7 October 1962) [A]
'Wintering' (8-9 October 1962) [A]
The following poems are listed in the order of the contents of the published volume of Ariel. Those with dates indicate poems that were not originally part of the manuscript Ariel and other poems. These dates refer to the dates of composition as established in The Collected Poems and on the manuscripts at Smith College.
'Morning Song'
'The Couriers'
'Sheep in Fog' (2 December 1962, 28 January 1963) 'The Applicant'
'Lady Lazarus'
'Tulips'
'Cut'
'Elm'
'The Night Dances'
'Poppies in October'
'Berck-Plage'
'Ariel'
'Death & Co.'
'Lesbos' (not included in original U.K. edition, but included in original U.S. edition) 'Nick and the Candlestick'
'Gulliver'
'Getting There'
'Medusa'
'The Moon and the Yew Tree'
'A Birthday Present'
'Mary's Song' (18-19 November 1962) (not included in original U.K. edition, but included in original U.S. edition) 'Letter in November'
'The Rival'
'Daddy'
'You're'
'Fever 103deg'
'The Bee Meeting'
'The Arrival of the Bee Box'
'Stings'
'The Swarm' (not included in original U.K. edition, but included in original U.S. edition) 'Wintering'
'The Hanging Man' (27 June 1960) 'Little Fugue' (2 April 1962) 'Years' (16 November 1962) 'The Munich Mannequins' (28 January 1963) 'Totem' (28 January 1963) 'Paralytic' (29 January 1963) 'Balloons' (5 February 1963) 'Poppies in July' (20 July 1962) 'Kindness' (1 February 1963) 'Contusion' (4 February 1963) 'Edge' (5 February 1963) 'Words' (1 Februar
y 1963)
About the Author
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963). Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Copyright
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Previously unpublished material (c) the Estate of Sylvia Plath, 2004
Foreword (c) Frieda Hughes, 2004
Notes and editorial matter (c) HarperCollins Publishers, 2004
The right of Sylvia Plath to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
The facsimiles found here are reproductions of the originals from the Sylvia Plath Collection, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.
Grateful acknowledgement to Karen Kukil, Associate Curator, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.
An extension of this copyright page, and the previous publishing history of the Plath works collected here, appears in the Notes section, beginning on page 195.
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