# Sylvia Plath bibliography

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) was an American author and poet. Plath is primarily known for her poetry, but earned her greatest reputation for her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar, published pseudonymously weeks before her death.

## Poems

Plath published dozens of poems, including:
* "Daddy"
* "Lady Lazarus"
* "Mad Girl's Love Song"
* "The Munich Mannequins"
* "Tulips"
* "Two Lovers and a Beachcomber by the Real Sea"

## Children's books and novel

Plath published only one book in her lifetime—the novel The Bell Jar—but several collected editions of her poetry, short stories, letters, and children's books were published posthumously.
* The Bell Jar (1963), under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas"
* The Bed Book (children's book – 1976)
* The It-Doesn't-Matter-Suit (children's book – 1996)
* Collected Children's Stories (children's book – 2001)
* Mrs. Cherry's Kitchen (children's book – 2001)

## Letters and journal

Several of Plath's letters and her personal journal were published after her death. Her early diaries which she started at the age of 11 on 1 January 1944 and wrote till December 1949 remain unpublished. Most of her manuscripts are held in the Cambridge and Indiana University libraries.
* Letters Home: Correspondence 1950–1963 (1975)
* The Journals of Sylvia Plath (1982)
* The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, edited by Karen V. Kukil (2000)

## Collected editions

There are several limited-edition collections of Plath's work. Significant compilations include:
* The Colossus and Other Poems (TC) (1960 – American and British editions are different)
* Ariel (A) (1965 – American and British editions are different)
* Uncollected Poems (UC) (1965)
* Fiesta Melons (FM) (1971)
* Crossing the Water (CtW) (1971 – American and British editions are different)
* Winter Trees (WT) (1972 – American and British editions are different)
* Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (JP) (short stories, 1977)
* The Collected Poems (TCP) (1981)
* Selected Poems (SP) (1985)
* Plath: Poems (PP) (1998)

## Others

* The Magic Mirror (1989), Plath's Smith College senior thesis
* Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices (1968) play
* Drawings
* Interviews
   * The Poet Speaks edited by Peter Orr, published by Barnes and Noble in New York City (1966), pp.167–172
* Editing – American Poetry Now: A Selection of the Best Poems by Modern American Writers, appended to Critical Quarterly Poetry Supplement, number 2 in 1961
* Sylvia Plath Reads, Harper Audio 2000
Plath Reads Plath – 1975, Released as a gramophone record by Credo Records and on Compact Disc by Harper Audio in 2000
* The Art of Sylvia Plath 1970:
   * Dialogue en Route c. 1951
   * Miss Drake Proceeds to Supper 1956
   * On the Plethora of Dryads 1956
   * Epitaph for Fire and Flower 1956
   * Battle-Scene from the Comic Operatic Fantasy The Seafarer 1957
   * Words for a Nursery 1957
   * Mushrooms 1959
   * In Plaster 1961
   * An Appearance 1962
   * Lesbos 1962
   * Purdah 1962
   * Mystic 1963
   * Excerpt from a radio play Three Women 1962
   * OCEAN 1212-W 1962
   * Thalidomide
   * Pen drawings by Sylvia Plath

## Full list of publications

| Title | Date | Collected | Notes |
| "Mad Girl's Love Song" | August 1953 | | Poem published in the women's magazine Mademoiselle |
| "Above the Oxbow" | May 4, 1959 | | Poem published in The Christian Science Monitor |
| "Admonition" | April 1959 | CG | Poem published in Smith Review, Spring 1959 |
| "Aerialist" | February 7, 1969 | | Poem published in Cambridge Review |
| "Aftermath" | October 1959 | TC | Poem published in Arts in Society, Fall 1959 |
| "Alicante Lullaby" | 1971 | | Poem published in Crystal Gazer |
| "All the Dead Dears" | November 1957 | TC | Poem published in Grecourt Review |
| "Amnesiac" | August 3, 1963 | WT (US) | Poem published in The New Yorker |
| "Among the Narcissi" | August 3, 1963 | CtW (UK), WT (US) | Poem published in The New Yorker |
| "Apotheosis" | January 1956 | | Poem published in The Lyric, Winter 1956 |
| "An Appearance" | 1965 | UP, AoSP, CtW (UK), WT (US) | Poem published in Times Literary Supplement, January 20, 1966 |
| "The Applicant" | January 1963 | A | Poem published in London Magazine |
| "Apprehensions" | March 6, 1971 | CtW (UK), WT (US) | Poem published in The New Yorker |
| Ariel | 1965 | | Published by Faber and Faber in London and Harper and Row in New York City in 1966 |
| "The Arrival of the Bee Box" | March 6, 1971 | CtW (UK), WT (US) | Poem published in The New Yorker |
| The Bed Book | 1976 | | Children's book published by Faber and Faber in London with illustrations by Quentin Blake and New York City by Harper and Row with illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully |
| The Bell Jar | 1963 | | Published by William Heineman, Ltd. in London under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas, Faber and Faber in London in 1966, and Harper and Row in New York City in 1971, with a biographical note by Lois Ames and eight drawings by Plath |
| Child | 1971 | | Published by Rougemont Press as a limited edition of 300 copies |
| The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath | 1981 | | Published by Harper and Row in New York City in 1971, edited by Ted Hughes |
| The Colossus and Other Poems | 1960 | | Published by William Heineman, Ltd. in London, Alfred A. Knopf in New York City in 1962, and Faber and Faber in 1976 |
| Crossing the Water | 1971 | | Published by Faber and Faber in London and Harper and Row in New York City |
| Crystal Gazer and Other Poems | 1971 | | Published by Rainbow Press in London as a limited edition of 400 copies |
| "A Day in June" | 1952 | JP (UK) | Published as a book by Embers Handpress in 1981 as a limited edition of 160 |
| Fiesta Melons | 1971 | | Published by Rougemont Press as a limited edition of 150 copies, with an introduction by Ted Hughes and 11 drawings by Plath |
| "The Green Rock" | 1949 | JP (UK) | Published as a book by Embers Handpress in 1982 as a limited edition of 160 |
| Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams | 1977 | | Published by Faber and Faber in London |
| The Journals of Sylvia Plath | 1982 | | Published by Dial Press in New York City, edited by Frances McCullough |
| Letters Home by Sylvia Plath, Correspondence 1950–1962 | 1975 | | Published by Harper and Row in New York City, edited by Aurelia Schober Plath |
| Lyonesse | 1971 | | Published by Rainbow Press in London as a limited edition of 400 copies |
| "Million Dollar Month" | 1950 | | Poem written in the early 1950s, published as a book by The Sceptre Press as a limited edition of 150 copies |
| Plath Reads Plath | 1975 | | Released as a gramophone record by Credo Records |
| Pursuit | 1973 | | Published by Rainbow Press in London as a limited edition of 100 copies |
| "Stings" | April 1963 | A | Poem published in London Magazine, later printed in Tri-Quarterly in Fall 1966, and published in Naked Poetry in 1969. Revised and published in Pursuit in 1973. Published as a book with facsimile manuscript by The Pioneer Valley Printing Company as a limited edition of 150 copies in 1982. |
| The Stones of Troy by C. A. Trypanis | August 1957 | | Book review published in Gemini, Summer 1957 |
| Sylvia Plath Reads | 2000 | | Released as a Compact Disc by Harper Audio |
| Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices | June 1957 | WT | Published by Turret Books in London as a limited edition of 180 copies, first broadcast on BBC Third Programme on August 19, 1962 |
| The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950–1962 | 2000 | | Published by Random House in New York City, edited by Karen V. Kukil |
| Uncollected Poems | 1965 | | Published by Turret Books in London as a limited edition of 150 copies |
| A Winter Ship | 1960 | AWS, TC | Poem published in The Atlantic Monthly, July 1960 and Encounter, February 1961 |
| A Winter Ship | 1960 | | Published by Tragara Press as a limited edition |
| Winter Trees | 1971 | | Published by Faber and Faber in London and Harper and Row in New York City in 1972, contents between the two editions differ |
| Wreath for a Bridal | 1970 | | Published by The Sceptre Press as a limited edition of 100 copies |