Sylvia Plath &
Edgar Allan Poe
2006-08-02 15:12:46 · 4 answers · asked by BloodyHell 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hi Karma!
I love Edgar Allan Poe too!!! Here are some poets/authors to check out...
--Nathaniel Hawthorne is great.
--Emily Dickinson is a wonderful poet too. I love her "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" poem.
--Robert Frost is good. His poem "Fire and Ice" is one of my favorite poems. Also check out his "The Path Not Taken" poem.
--Lord Alfred Tennyson is also good. His "Lady of Shallot" poem is amazing... and Loreena McKennitt made a song out of this poem that is simply beautiful.
--Paulo Coelho wrote an amazing story worth reading. It is called "The Alchemist". Simply a breathtaking story. It reads like poetry (imho).
--Tanith Lee wrote gothic short stories (fairy tales) that I love in a book called "Red As Blood". However, Snow White is evil, Cinderella is evil and the best story of all, a Beauty and the Beast re-telling, will blow your mind.
--Angela Carter wrote a collection of dark short stories in a book called "The Bloody Chamber". That book is most known for her short story called "In the Company of Wolves" which was made into a movie back in the 1980's.
--Jeanette Winterson is an amazing writer. I recommend "The Power Book" if you are old enough to read it (high sexual content). I love this book... it has many interesting stories... but it is not for everyone. The main character Ali (narrator) is "sex-less", meaning that you cannot tell if Ali is a man or a woman. Ali weaves stories for people via the internet. The stories are sometimes dark and have very unusual twists and endings.
Best Wishes... T.
2006-08-02 17:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by Theophania 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I haven't read much Plath, but I've read almost everything Poe published, and it'd be very difficult for anyone to match--or even come close to matching--his poetry. Some of Nathaniel Hawthorne's prose takes on a similar tone as Poe's though. Honestly, that's about the only thing that even comes close to Poe's work, in my opinion.
2006-08-02 22:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by agordonpym2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ted Hughes, Plath's husband, is similar in some ways. So are Howard Hart and Kathleen Fraser.
2006-08-02 22:30:36 · answer #3 · answered by stasis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stevie Smith for a woman great great stuff
2006-08-02 22:50:28 · answer #4 · answered by chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋