Da Rocha, Guilherme Magri [UNESP]Rapucci, Cleide Antonia [UNESP]2019-10-042019-10-042019-01-01Olho D Agua. Sao Paulo: Univ Estadual Paulista, Fundacao Editora Unesp, v. 11, n. 1, p. 64-77, 2019.2177-3807http://hdl.handle.net/11449/185918In agreement with Lissa Paul (1997), we understand that one of the purposes of feminist criticism is to present re-readings and revisions of texts considered of less importance within the work of a certain writer. Therefore, this paper aims to problematize issues related to the literature of female authorship through a reading of The Wishing Box, a short-story written by Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), which was compiled by Ted Hughes (1930-1998) in the collection Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (1977). In order to achieve this objective, we seek to examine, in the aforementioned short-story, the protagonist's representation, discussing gender relations as a category of analysis. This article is justified considering that there are few academic works involving Plath's short fiction, more specifically, in studies on female authorship writing.64-77porAmerican LiteratureGenderRepresentationSylvia PlathWomen WritersArtigoWOS:000475991300005Acesso restrito57212220814990420000-0002-1388-8470