Loving Sylvia Plath : a reclamation / Emily Van Duyne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Duyne, Emily, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plath, Sylvia.

Plath, Sylvia--Criticism and interpretation.

Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998.

Hughes, Ted.

Wevill, Assia, 1927-1969.

Wevill, Assia.

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

Women authors, American.

Poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Poets, American.

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

Women poets, American.

Feminist literary criticism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.

Summary:

"A nuanced, passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunderstood writers of the twentieth century. Sylvia Plath is an object of enduring cultural fascination--the troubled patron saint of confessional poetry, a writer whose genius is buried under the weight of her status as the quintessential literary sad girl. Emily Van Duyne--a superfan and scholar--radically reimagines the last years of Plath's life, confronts her suicide and the construction of her legacy. Drawing from decades of study on Plath and her husband, Ted Hughes, the chief architect of Plath's mythology; the life and tragic suicide of Assia Wevill, Hughes's mistress; newly available archival materials; and a deep understanding of intimate partner violence, Van Duyne seeks to undo the silencing of Sylvia Plath and resuscitate her as the hardworking, brilliant writer she was"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: "Gaslight"

Love, my season: "A brief history of Sylvia Plath"

Loving Assia Wevill

Nota bene: "The dead girls"

The haunting of Ted Hughes

How reliable a witness?

Harriet the spy

The house of the ruler

In the boneyard

Afterword: "The heart in the fire."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1324006978

9781324006978

OCLC:

1362865374