{"product_id":"to-bedlam-and-part-way-back-signed-copy","title":"To Bedlam and Part Way Back (signed copy)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnne Sexton. First edition, stated first printing. Inscribed copy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Both unclipped dust jacket (in a mylar wrapper) and hardcover are in Very Good condition. First issue dust jacket\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith original price of $3.00 on front flap. Jacket has chipping on the edges and a small piece missing on top\/bottom of spine. \u003c\/span\u003eOther than author inscription, no writing or markings found in the book, 67 pp. Jacket photo by John Brook. Dust jacket design by Ellen Raskin. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnne Sexton's debut collection, a landmark of confessional poetry, in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esigned and inscribed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e first edition, stated first printing. Inscribed copies of this book are scarce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo Bedlam and Part Way Back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e introduced Sexton as a leading voice of the confessional movement alongside Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath, who like Sexton were also from Boston. It was nominated for the National Book Award in 1960.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA strong addition for collectors of American poetry, confessional poets, women writers, and 20th-century first editions. Ships securely packed and insured.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sexton suffered from severe depression for the majority of her adult life. “Several attempts at suicide led to intermittent institutionalization… Sexton’s therapist encouraged her to write. In 1957 Sexton joined several Boston writing groups, and she came to know such writers as Maxine Kumin, Robert Lowell, George Starbuck, and Sylvia Plath. Her poetry became central to her life, and she mastered formal techniques that gained her wide attention. In 1960 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Bedlam and Part Way Back\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published to good reviews. Such poems as “You, Doctor Martin,” “The Bells,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand “The Double Image” were often anthologized.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67607756701929,"sku":"BTB01635","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1749\/0665\/files\/A1BCADB0-B486-47A9-8E07-0CAB61D52954.jpg?v=1790856103","url":"https:\/\/burningtreebookshop.com\/zh\/products\/to-bedlam-and-part-way-back-signed-copy","provider":"Burning Tree Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}