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anne sexton. Anne Sexton: Confessional Poet The Pulitzer-Prize winning
Anne Sexton is one of the best known confessional poets. A ...
Anne Sexton "Cinderella". ... Anne Sexton attended Garland Junior College for only
one year and married Alfred Sexton in 1948 at the age of 19. ...
Anne Sexton. Anne Sexton believed that the most interesting poetry was written out
of personal experience. ... Anne Sexton. Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers, 1989. ...
Transformations by Anne Sexton. Transformations: 21. "Cinderella" and "Red
Riding Hood" both begin with a list of seemingly in congruous ...
... Anne Sexton rewrote some of the Grimm fairy tales into satirical poem
modifying it to illustrate what she thought was important. ...
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Anne Sexton: Confessional Poet
The Pulitzer-Prize winning Anne Sexton is one of the best known confessional poets. A confession is defined by the ritual discourse in which the speaking subject is also the subject of the statement. Anne Sexton’s autobiographical work framed her personal experiences growing up in mid century America. Writing very openly regarding subjects ranging from her mental breakdowns to erotic fantasies, the poet struggled as a New England housewife, who had never been to college and was forced to deal with her mental illness on a daily basis. In analyzing Anne Sexton’s life experience, it is clear that her poems such as “ Starry Night” and “Cinderella” are true reflections on her perspective of life from childhood struggles to just before her tragic death in October 1974.
Born to Ralf Gray Harvey and on November 9th, 1928, Anne Gray Harvey was raised in a dysfunctional family as the youngest of two sisters in Newton, Massachusetts. As a child, she was never close to her sisters and her parents went out most nights, threw large parties and drank constantly. Around this time, it is important to note that she was beaten and possibly harassed. Her great aunt, Anne Dingley, provided her with the most affection and eventually moved in with the Harveys when Anne was eleven.. While
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attending a finishing school for women in Boston called Garland Junior College, she met Alfred Muller Sexton. Although she was already engaged to someone else, at age nineteen she married Alfred and they had their first child, named Linda Gray Sexton in 1953. At this time, Alfred took a traveling salesman job in Anne’s father’s business, which left Anne by herself to raise her daughter. This led to her first serious mental breakdown. She was hospitalized and diagnosed with post-partum depression. Later in 1954, Anne’s beloved nana passed away and she gave birth to her second daughter, Joyce Ladd...
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