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‘The Colossus’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath


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S3E53 'I shall never get you put together entirely,' begins 'The Colossus', which later became the title poem of Plath's collection published in 1960. Today Ash is joined by Amanda Golden, author of Annotating Modernism, to discuss the poem, and Plath's life at the time of writing. 


Check out Amanda's work here: 

https://www.agoldenphd.com/

And purchase a copy of her book here: 


https://www.routledge.com/Annotating-Modernism-Marginalia-and-Pedagogy-from-Virginia-Woolf-to-the/Golden/p/book/9781472410764

 

You can also find my Patreon page here: 

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Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Intro: The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)

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