Drafts of Sylvia Plath's "Stings"

from

Sylvia Plath

STINGS

Original Drafts of the Poem
in Facsimile
Reproduiced from
the Sylvia Plath Collection
at Smith College

With an Essay by Susan R. Van Dyne

Northhampton, Massachusettes
Smith College Library Rare Book Room
1982

Manuscript, on Memorandum paper, 3 pages

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Typescript, with manuscript revision, on
Memorandum paper, 2 pages

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Typescript, with minor corrections, on
Memorandum paper, 2 pages

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Typescript, carbon copy, 2 pages; the reverse of
the original was used for writing the first draft
of "Winter trees" (page 2 reproduced)

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Typescript, with correction of typing errors, 2 pages

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