A selective list of literary criticism for Anne Sexton, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Pages
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Alkalay-Gut, Karen. "The dream life of Ms. Dog: "Anne Sexton's revolutionary use of pop culture." College Literature, 22-SEP-05
Dugan, Alan. Drunken Memories of Anne Sexton, "The first and last time I met my ex-lover Anne Sexton was at a protest poetry reading against some anti-constitutional war in Asia." in American Poetry Review, May/Jun 1999
Gill, Jo. "Textual Confessions: Narcissism in Anne Sexton's early poetry." An extended article on confessional poetry. Gill contends "the implication that contemporary avant-garde poetry is 'radical' while the confessional poetry that preceded it is reactionary and conservative itself merits scrutiny." in Twentieth Century Literature, Spring, 2004.
Middlebrook, Diane. Diane Middlebrook's web page on her biography of Anne Sexton, includes letters and reviews on her research methods
Salvio, Paula M.; and Madeleine R. Grumet Anne Sexton: Teacher of Weird Abundance (SUNY Press, 2007). Preview at Google Books.
Anne Sexton page from Modern American Poetry, includes sections on Anne Sexton's Life; A Sexton Chronology; Sexton's Career -- by Diana Hume George; About Anne Sexton; On "Her Kind"; On "The Truth the Dead Know"; On "One for My Dame"; A Sexton Bibliography
An extended introduction to Anne Sexton, from the Poetry Foundation.
Remembering Anne Sexton, by Erica Jong, in the NY Times, October 27, 1974
Winterson, Jeanette. Anne Sexton as a favorite poet of author Jeanette Winterson's, at Winterson's poetry site.
Porter, Roy. From Madness: a brief history (Oxford University Press) Being a mad genius is no longer "in," according to the author. In the New Statesman, Feb 25, 2002 (taken offline at findarticles.com)
Beam, Alex. "The Mad Poets Society." An article about McLean Hospital in Massachusetts, "once America's most literary mental institution," where Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, and Anne Sexton spent time, in The Atlantic Monthly (July/August 2001) (taken offline).
A Univ. of Texas project compares Sexton's "My Friend, My Friend" and Plath's "Daddy," demonstrating striking echoes of Sexton's lines in Plath's poem (taken offline).
Discussion questions for teachers and readers of Anne Sexton's poetry, from Heath guides.
Anne Sexton's papers at the Univ. of Texas Austin.
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