Essays about: "lady lazarus"

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  1. 1. Cultural Critique in a Patriarchal World : Revolutionary Suicide in Sylvia Plath's "Lady Lazarus", "Daddy" and The Bell Jar

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Sandra Meneses; [2009]
    Keywords : Suicide; Plath; Newton; literature; gender; culture criticism; feminism; Självmord; Plath; Newton; litteratur; genus; culture criticism; feminism;

    Abstract : This work studies three texts by Sylvia Plath: “Lady Lazarus”, “Daddy” and The Bell Jar from a feminist, gender and cultural perspective. I investigate how the texts take a stand regarding the motive and meaning of the representations of suicide in these works through the theoretical framework of African-American activist Huey Newton. READ MORE