Sexton, Anne 1928-1974
Overview
| Works: | 605 works in 1,289 publications in 5 languages and 44,309 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Biographies Fiction Personal correspondence Autobiographies Juvenile works Religious poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Interviews Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc |
| Roles: | Author, Performer, Lyricist, Contributor, Dedicatee, Narrator, Other, Author of introduction, Creator |
| Classifications: | PS3537.E915, 811.54 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Anne Sexton
- Anne Sexton : a biography by Diane Wood Middlebrook( Book )
- Anne Sexton : a self-portrait in letters by Anne Sexton( Book )
- Anne Sexton : teacher of weird abundance by Paula M Salvio( )
- Anne Sexton by Caroline King Barnard Hall( Book )
- This business of words : reassessing Anne Sexton by Amanda Golden( )
- Anne Sexton : the artist and her critics by J. D McClatchy( Book )
- Searching for Mercy Street : my journey back to my mother, Anne Sexton by Linda Gray Sexton( Book )
- No evil star : selected essays, interviews, and prose by Anne Sexton( Book )
- Anne Sexton and middle generation poetry : the geography of grief by Philip McGowan( )
- The death notebooks by Anne Sexton( Book )
- Oedipus Anne : the poetry of Anne Sexton by Diana Hume George( Book )
- Sexton : selected criticism( Book )
- The confessional poets by Robert Phillips( Book )
- Critical essays on Anne Sexton by Linda Wagner-Martin( Book )
- Anne Sexton : telling the tale by Anne Sexton( Book )
- Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton: a reference guide by Cameron Northouse( Book )
- The inner war : forms and themes in recent American poetry by Paul A Lacey( Book )
- Anne Sexton by June Claypool( )
- Half in love : {surviving the legacy of suicide} : a memoir by Linda Gray Sexton( Book )
- Original essays on the poetry of Anne Sexton( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Anne Sexton
The complete poems by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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50 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,548 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems form her last years
50 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,548 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems form her last years
Transformations by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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37 editions published between 1971 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 2,234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
" ... retelling many of the Grimms' fairy tales in poetry"--Page ix
37 editions published between 1971 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 2,234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
" ... retelling many of the Grimms' fairy tales in poetry"--Page ix
The awful rowing toward God by
Anne Sexton(
Book
)
16 editions published between 1975 and 1977 in English and held by 1,590 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
16 editions published between 1975 and 1977 in English and held by 1,590 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Love poems by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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27 editions published between 1967 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,470 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of twenty-five poems originally published in 1967, in which the author explores the topic of adultery as experienced by an affluent, white Protestant wife
27 editions published between 1967 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,470 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of twenty-five poems originally published in 1967, in which the author explores the topic of adultery as experienced by an affluent, white Protestant wife
Selected poems of Anne Sexton by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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29 editions published between 1964 and 2013 in English and Chinese and held by 1,460 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This selection, which is drawn from Anne Sexton's ten published volumes of poems as well as from representative early and last work, is an ideal introduction to a great American poet
29 editions published between 1964 and 2013 in English and Chinese and held by 1,460 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This selection, which is drawn from Anne Sexton's ten published volumes of poems as well as from representative early and last work, is an ideal introduction to a great American poet
Live or die by
Anne Sexton(
Book
)
34 editions published between 1966 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poems written between January 25, 1962 and February, 1966, some previously published in various periodicals
34 editions published between 1966 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poems written between January 25, 1962 and February, 1966, some previously published in various periodicals
The book of folly by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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32 editions published between 1972 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anne Sexton was an American poet from Weston, Massachusetts, known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967. Themes of her poetry include her suicidal tendencies, her depression, and her relationships with her husband and children
32 editions published between 1972 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anne Sexton was an American poet from Weston, Massachusetts, known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967. Themes of her poetry include her suicidal tendencies, her depression, and her relationships with her husband and children
45 Mercy Street by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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15 editions published between 1976 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1976 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
All my pretty ones; [poems] by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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18 editions published between 1961 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 958 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A gifted poet reveals the poignancy and plaintive charm of common experiences
18 editions published between 1961 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 958 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A gifted poet reveals the poignancy and plaintive charm of common experiences
To Bedlam and part way back by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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16 editions published between 1960 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 947 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
16 editions published between 1960 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 947 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Words for Dr. Y. : uncollected poems with three stories by
Anne Sexton(
Book
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10 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 757 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of Sexton's poems containing most of her important work that had not been published at the time of her death
10 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 757 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of Sexton's poems containing most of her important work that had not been published at the time of her death
The wizard's tears by
Maxine Kumin(
Book
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8 editions published between 1975 and 2019 in English and held by 597 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The new wizard tries to solve all the town's problems, but carelessness with his own magic tears creates a tragedy instead
8 editions published between 1975 and 2019 in English and held by 597 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The new wizard tries to solve all the town's problems, but carelessness with his own magic tears creates a tragedy instead
Joey and the birthday present by
Maxine Kumin(
Book
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9 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in English and held by 405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A brown field mouse and a caged, pet white mouse become close summertime friends
9 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in English and held by 405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A brown field mouse and a caged, pet white mouse become close summertime friends
The real tin flower : poems about the world at nine by
Aliki Barnstone(
Book
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2 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anne Sexton's confessional poetics by
Jo Gill(
Book
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4 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kammermusik by
Helmut Oehring(
)
2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An accident of hope : the therapy tapes of Anne Sexton by
Dawn Skorczewski(
Book
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7 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1956, Anne Sexton was admitted into a mental hospital for post-partum depression, where she met Dr. Martin Orne, a young psychiatrist who treated her for the next eight years. In that time Sexton would blossom into a world-famous poet, best known for her ""confessional"" poems dealing with personal subjects not often represented in poetry at that time: mental illness, depression, suicide, sex, abortion, women's bodies, and the ordinary lives of mothers and housewives. Orne audiotaped the last three years of her therapy to facilitate her ability to remember their sessions. The final six m
7 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1956, Anne Sexton was admitted into a mental hospital for post-partum depression, where she met Dr. Martin Orne, a young psychiatrist who treated her for the next eight years. In that time Sexton would blossom into a world-famous poet, best known for her ""confessional"" poems dealing with personal subjects not often represented in poetry at that time: mental illness, depression, suicide, sex, abortion, women's bodies, and the ordinary lives of mothers and housewives. Orne audiotaped the last three years of her therapy to facilitate her ability to remember their sessions. The final six m
Poems by
Thomas Kinsella(
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8 editions published between 1968 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published between 1968 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anne Sexton reads her poetry by
Anne Sexton(
Recording
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13 editions published between 1964 and 1992 in 3 languages and held by 183 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On this recording, made shortly before her death in 1974, Anne Sexton reads twenty-four poems selected from different periods in her creative life, all in a dramatic, resonant voice that complements the deeply person quality of her dark, poetic explorations
13 editions published between 1964 and 1992 in 3 languages and held by 183 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On this recording, made shortly before her death in 1974, Anne Sexton reads twenty-four poems selected from different periods in her creative life, all in a dramatic, resonant voice that complements the deeply person quality of her dark, poetic explorations
The poetry hall of fame collection(
Visual
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"133 of the world's most famous poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by the First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests ... Dramatic performances by Claire Bloom, LeVar Burton, Robert Culp, Ruby Dee, Henry Fonda, Will Geer, Fred Gwynne, Valerie Harper, Jack Lemmon, Vincent Price, William Shatner, Irene Worth and other celebrities"--Container
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"133 of the world's most famous poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by the First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests ... Dramatic performances by Claire Bloom, LeVar Burton, Robert Culp, Ruby Dee, Henry Fonda, Will Geer, Fred Gwynne, Valerie Harper, Jack Lemmon, Vincent Price, William Shatner, Irene Worth and other celebrities"--Container
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Related Identities
- Sexton, Linda Gray 1953- Editor
- Middlebrook, Diane Wood 1939-2007 Author of introduction Author Editor
- George, Diana Hume 1948- Author of introduction Other Author Editor
- Plath, Sylvia Performer Dedicatee
- Swan, Barbara 1922-2003 Other Illustrator Author
- Ames, Lois Editor
- Salvio, Paula M. Author
- Kumin, Maxine 1925-2014 Author of introduction Other Author Editor
- Colburn, Steven E. 1953- Other Editor
- Hall, Caroline King Barnard Author
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Associated Subjects
American literature American poetry American poetry--Themes, motives American poetry--Women authors Berryman, John, Bly, Robert Child authors Children of suicide victims Confession in literature Depressed persons Education--Philosophy English poetry Everson, William, Fairy tales in literature Families Fantasy fiction Grief in literature Indiana Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Jesus Christ Levertov, Denise, Literary form Love poetry, American Lowell, Robert, Magic Manners and customs Mental health Mice Mothers and daughters Plath, Sylvia Poetry Poetry, Modern Poetry--Authorship Poetry--Religious aspects Poets, American Poets, American--Family relationships Roethke, Theodore, Sexton, Anne Sexton, Anne, Sexton, Linda Gray, Snodgrass, W. D.--(William De Witt), Songs with instrumental ensemble Suicide Suicide victims--Family relationships Trios (Clarinet, percussion, double bass) United States Wizards Women and literature Women educators Wright, James,
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Alternative Names
Anna Sexton
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton Amerikaans schrijfster
Anne Sexton amerikansk poet
Anne Sexton écrivain et poète américain
Anne Sexton Escritor e poeta americano
Anne Sexton escritora y poeta estadounidense
Anne Sexton file Meiriceánach
Anne Sexton poete amerikane
Anne Sexton poetessa estatunidenca
Anne Sexton poetisa estadounidense
Anne Sexton poetka i pisarka amerykańska
Anne Sexton scrittrice e poetessa statunitense
Anne Sexton US-amerikanische Lyrikerin und Pulitzer-Preisträgerin
Anne Sexton Usona poetino
Harvey, Anne Gray 1928-1974
Sexton A.
Sexton, Anne
Sexton, Anne Gray Harvey 1928-1974
Sexton, Anne Harvey 1928-1974
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آن سكستون، 1928-1974
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安妮·塞克斯顿
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