Pain, parties, work : Sylvia Plath in New York, summer 1953 / Elizabeth Winder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winder, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plath, Sylvia.

Women poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Women poets, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, [2013]

Summary:

In May of 1953, a twenty-one-year-old Plath arrived in New York City, the guest editor of Mademoiselle's annual College Issue. She lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended the ballet, went to a Yankees game, and danced at the West Side Tennis Club. She was supposed to be having the time of her life. But what would follow was, in Plath's words, twenty-six days of pain, parties, and work which, ultimately, changed the course of her life.

Contents:

The first week: euphoria

Sylvia, before

The second week: lost illusions

The third week: alienation

The fourth week: La Femme

The issue

The aftermath

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261).

ISBN:

0062085492

9780062085498

OCLC:

795757180