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Description edit
This is the first full-length biography of the controversial poet Sylvia Plath whose suicide in made her a misinterpreted cause celebre and catapulted her into the ranks of the major confessional voices of her generation, such as Robert Lowell and
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Characters/People edit
- Sylvia Plath: Add a description of this character.
- Ted Hughes
- Otto
- Smith
- Buddy
- Marcia Brown
- Esther
- Olga
- David Compton
- Nancy Hunter
- Alvarez
- Philip Mccurdy
- Mr. Crockett
- Jane Kopp
- Frieda
- Gordon Lameyer
- Myron Lotz
- Mrs. Prouty
- Peter Davison
- Warren
- Mike
- Dylan Thomas
- Mrs. Willard
- Richard
- Dr. Jones
- Clarissa Roche
- Poe
- Auden
- Sexton
- Mrs. Burns
- Elinor Klein
- Theodore Roethke
- Edwin
- Ariel
- Aurelia
- Lawrence
- George
- Eliot
Setting & Locations edit
- Cambridge
- London
- Wellesley
- America
- New England
- Boston
- Devon
- New York City
- Croton
- Paris
- Northampton
- Whitsted
- The Bell Jar
- Germany
- Amherst
- Europe
- France
- Benidorm
- United States
- Harvard
- Massachusetts
- The Hawk
- Austin
- Chatham
- Winthrop
- Bradford
- Mademoiselle
- Orlando
- Hugheses
- Rock Harbor
- Atlantic Monthly
- Swampscott
- Ireland
- Yaddo
- Rain
- Exeter
- Newnham
- Cornwall
- Grantchester Meadows
First Sentence edit
For Sylvia Plath, as even the most casual reading of her poetry demonstrates, the central obsession from the beginning to the end of her life and career was her father, Professor Otto Emile Plath.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edward Butscher (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Seabury Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0816492530
Page Count: 388
Publisher: Seabury Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0816492530
Page Count: 388
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 811.54
Subjects edit
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