To Bedlam and Part Way Back

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To Bedlam and Part Way Back is Anne Sexton’s debut poetry collection, known for its confessional style and exploration of mental illness and personal trauma.

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To Bedlam and Part Way Back canonical 6

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Anne Sexton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
debutWorkOf Anne Sexton ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
followedBy All My Pretty Ones ⓘ
genre American poetry ⓘ
confessional poetry ⓘ
hasCreator Anne Sexton ⓘ
hasPart Flee on Your Donkey ⓘ
Kind Sir: These Woods ⓘ
Music Swims Back to Me ⓘ
The Bells ⓘ
The Bells of Bedlam ⓘ
The Death of the Fathers ⓘ
The Division of Parts ⓘ
The Division of the Estates ⓘ
The Double Image ⓘ
The Expatriates ⓘ
The Fortress ⓘ
The Interrogation of the Man of Many Hearts ⓘ
The Operation ⓘ
The Road Back ⓘ
The Road to the Psychiatric Hospital ⓘ
Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward ⓘ
You, Doctor Martin ⓘ
influencedBy Anne Sexton’s experiences in psychiatric hospitals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement Confessional poetry ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor early example of confessional poetry in the United States ⓘ
publicationYear 1960 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
style confessional ⓘ
subject family relationships ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
personal trauma ⓘ
psychiatric hospitalization ⓘ
suicidal ideation ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
body and illness ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
female experience ⓘ
identity ⓘ
institutionalization ⓘ

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Anne Sexton → notableWork → To Bedlam and Part Way Back ⓘ
Confessionalism → notableWork → To Bedlam and Part Way Back ⓘ
Anne Gray Harvey → notableWork → To Bedlam and Part Way Back ⓘ
All My Pretty Ones → followsWork → To Bedlam and Part Way Back ⓘ
All My Pretty Ones → precededByWork → To Bedlam and Part Way Back ⓘ
1971: Transformations → relatedWork → To Bedlam and Part Way Back ⓘ