"I am either all the way there or I am not. I don't know how to walk this middle line" (Skorczewski 109). The Impact of Manic and Depressive States on Anne Sexton's Poetic Depictions of Food.

  • Iona Murphy

Abstract


This research explores poet Anne Sexton’s use of food imagery in To Bedlam and Part Way Back, focusing on the way food is presented in contextual relation to the manic-depressive cycles Sexton was experiencing. This is placed within the socio-political climate of the 1950s-1960s which influences Sexton’s relationship with food.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.31.5495
Published
14-Mar-2021
How to Cite
Murphy, Iona. 2021. “"I Am Either All the Way There or I Am Not. I Don’t Know How to Walk This Middle Line" (Skorczewski 109). The Impact of Manic and Depressive States on Anne Sexton’s Poetic Depictions of Food.”. FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts, no. 31 (March). https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.31.5495.
Issue
No 31 (2021): FORUM 31 - Art, Disease, and Expression
Section
Articles
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