{"id":33289,"date":"2012-06-12T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=33289"},"modified":"2018-12-03T18:22:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T23:22:41","slug":"look-sylvia-plaths-sketches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/look-sylvia-plaths-sketches\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvia Plath&#8217;s Sketches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those of us who weren&#8217;t able to visit the exhibition of Sylvia Plath\u2019s drawings on view at London\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorgallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor Gallery<\/a> in November may take some comfort in <em>The Telegraph<\/em>\u2019s comprehensive<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/culturepicturegalleries\/8846565\/Sylvia-Plath-drawings-at-The-Mayor-Gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> slide show <\/a>of the poet\u2019s pen-and ink work. The delicacy and precision of her execution will come as no surprise to fans of Plath\u2019s writing; her mastery of the medium may. Do look at the whole gallery, but below, find just a few demonstrating the range of her subjects.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Those of us who weren&#8217;t able to visit the exhibition of Sylvia Plath\u2019s drawings on view at London\u2019s Mayor Gallery in November may take some comfort in The Telegraph\u2019s comprehensive slide show of the poet\u2019s pen-and ink work. 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