Research Article

THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY

Volume: 3 Number: 9 September 30, 2019
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THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY

Abstract

The present article aims at examining a number of Sylvia Plath’s poems in the light of Edmund Wilson’s theory “The Wound and the Bow”. According to Wilson, the literary text that the reader reads and enjoys is the product of a painful process that the artist goes through to purify his\ her soul of guilt and pain. In presenting his thoughts, Wilson depends on Freud’s theory of dreams in which Freud asserts that dreams are loaded with symbols driven from personal traumas. Likewise, according to Wilson, poetry is loaded with symbols inspired by the artist’s personal suffering. Thus, Wilson’s theory could be easily applied to Plath’s poetry that is a direct production of her childhood trauma and adulthood suffering. 

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References

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English

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Research Article

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Publication Date

September 30, 2019

Submission Date

April 7, 2019

Acceptance Date

September 30, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 3 Number: 9

APA
Saeed, T. (2019). THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY. Asya Studies, 3(9), 15-21. https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.550505
AMA
1.Saeed T. THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY. Asya Studies. 2019;3(9):15-21. doi:10.31455/asya.550505
Chicago
Saeed, Tavga. 2019. “THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY”. Asya Studies 3 (9): 15-21. https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.550505.
EndNote
Saeed T (September 1, 2019) THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY. Asya Studies 3 9 15–21.
IEEE
[1]T. Saeed, “THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY”, Asya Studies, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 15–21, Sept. 2019, doi: 10.31455/asya.550505.
ISNAD
Saeed, Tavga. “THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY”. Asya Studies 3/9 (September 1, 2019): 15-21. https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.550505.
JAMA
1.Saeed T. THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY. Asya Studies. 2019;3:15–21.
MLA
Saeed, Tavga. “THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY”. Asya Studies, vol. 3, no. 9, Sept. 2019, pp. 15-21, doi:10.31455/asya.550505.
Vancouver
1.Tavga Saeed. THE WOUND AND THE BOW EFFECT IN SELECTED POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH: A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY. Asya Studies. 2019 Sep. 1;3(9):15-21. doi:10.31455/asya.550505

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