Flowers Against Biography: Translating Sylvia Plath's Botanical Imagery in Amelia Rosselli's Poetics.
This article explores the influence of Sylvia Plath's botanical imagery on Amelia Rosselli's poetics, focusing on how Rosselli's 1970s translations of Plath intersected with her own evolving poetic language. Moving beyond biographical readings, the study examines how both poets use flowers and plant...
| Publicado en: | Forum for Modern Language Studies Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 460 - 486 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2025
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