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Spieëlbeelde in die werk van Ingrid Jonker en Sylvia Plath

Author(s) -

I. Gertenbach

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

literator

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2219-8237

pISSN - 0258-2279

DOI - 10.4102/lit.v29i2.117

Subject(s) - poetry , element (criminal law) , art , identity (music) , psychoanalysis , psychology , literature , aesthetics , law , political science

Mirror images in the work of Ingrid Jonker and Sylvia Plath Writing poetry has an element of healing in it, but how does it work? Plath and Jonker continually wrote about mirror images, eyes and questions of identity. Different psychological theories surrounding this issue, including those of Winnicott, Jung and Lacan, are discussed. Plath’s “Mirror” and “Words” as well as Jonker’s “Op alle gesigte” are specifically examined. Concluding remarks reveal that a mental block, or crypt, will always force a poet to reword his/her trauma

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