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Lady Lazarus

“Lady Lazarus” is a powerful, angry poem by Sylvia Plath.  It speaks of the rebirth of the outraged female after suffering from male domination.

Call Number for Searching  the Shelves

• PS3566 .L27

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (Ed.). Sylvia Plath. 2001.

                     Call Number: PS3566 .L27 Z914 2001

• Brain, Tracy. The Other Sylvia Plath. 2001.

                      Call Number: PS3566 .L27 Z5827 2001

• Brennan, Claire (Ed.). The Poetry of Sylvia Plath. 2001.

                     Call Number: PS3566 .L27 Z835 2001

• Britzolakis, Christina. Sylvia Plath and the Theatre of Mourning. 1999.

                      Call Number: PS3566 .L27 Z584 1999

• Kendall, Tim. Sylvia Plath: A Critical Study. 2001.

                     Call Number:  PS3566 .L27 Z747 2001

• Plath, Sylvia. Poems. 1998.

                      Call Number: PS3566 .L27 A6 1998

•  Wagner, Linda. Critical Essays on Sylvia Plath. 1984.

                      Call Number: PS3566 .L27 Z63 1984

LINNCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

•  Plath, Sylvia (Subject Keywords)
• Plath, Sylvia Criticism and Interpretation (Subject Keywords)

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism. Call Number:  REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 11, pgs. 445-450

o   Vol. 14, pgs. 423-428

o   Vol. 17, pgs. 348-366

o   Vol. 51, pgs. 342-353

o   Vol. 111, pgs. 159-221

• Critical Survey of Poetry. Call Number: REF PN1021 .C7 2003

o   Vol. 5, pgs. 3024-3025

• Masterplots II: Poetry Series. Call Number: REF PN1110.5 .M37 2002

o   Vol. 4, pgs. 2127-2130

•  Poetry Criticism. Call Number: REF PN1010 .P6

o   Vol. 1, pgs. 382-414

o   Vol. 37, pgs. 196-198, 232-268

• World Poets. Call Number: REF PN1021 .W67 2000

o   Vol. 2, pgs. 311-321

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• Literature Resources from Gale
• Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO) 

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check the LINCCWeb, VCC East’s online card catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised November 21, 2021