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HarperCollins Reissues 4 Sylvia Plath Books

HarperCollins recently reissued four Sylvia Plath books with new covers on their Harper Perennial Modern Classics imprint.

The four books are: Ariel, Ariel: The Restored Edition, The Collected Poems, and Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams.

Ariel, (HarperCollins | Amazon) This is the first full reissue & repackaging of Plath's most famous collection of poems since 1999. It's also the first time, ever, in the US that Plath's Ariel is published with non-white/cream cover.



Ariel: The Restored Edition, (HarperCollins | Amazon) This is the first repackaging of Ariel: The Restored Edition since 2005, when it first appeared in paperback. I love, love, love the note on the back of the book: "Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it."  Perfect.




The Collected Poems, (HarperCollins | Amazon) This is the first repackaging of both The Collected Poems and Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams since 2008.



Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, (HarperCollins | Amazon)



Books can be ordered from HarperCollins and Amazon.com (links above) and found in bookstores across the country.

If you are interested in a pictorial history, of sorts, of Plath's books (and books about Plath), please do head over to A celebration, this is, and visit the photo galleries.

And just because I can, now, here is the HarperCollins cover of The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2: 1956-1963. As of right now, the book will be published in the US on 30 October in hardback and Kindle edition. The book will be published in the UK a bit earlier, on 6 September 2018. Get ready!


The photograph on the cover comes from Plath's passport photo from 1959. The passport itself is held by Emory University.

All links accessed 7 and 12 March 2018.
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  1. A Piece of Plathery13 March, 2018 17:01

    Ordered, so ordered! Thank you.

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  2. Hélène14 March, 2018 07:28

    can't wait for volume 2!

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  3. citronyella20 March, 2018 12:23

    I have the UK version of Vol. 1. Will the UK Vol. 2 have a silk bookmark ribbon sewn in? Will the UK Vol. 2 dust jacket illustration be different from the US Vol. 2? thanks for your reply!

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  4. Peter K Steinberg20 March, 2018 12:26

    Citronyella, Hi! Thanks for your comment. I would assume the second volume will have a bookmark as the first volume did. And, I do believe the V2 cover will be different from the US edition; but I haven't yet see the final design for the book cover. ~pks

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