Open AccessSpieëlbeelde 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