Sylvia Plath

by Steinberg, Peter K.; Wagner-Martin, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780791078433
• ISBN10: 0791078434
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

After her death by suicide in 1963, controversial writer Sylvia Plath was elevated to the status of cult figure and icon by the feminist movement. In 1982, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her Collected Poems, solidifying her reputation as one of the great female poets of the twentieth century. The mystique of Sylvia Plath continues to fuel her popularity into the twenty-first century and has inspired a major motion picture about her life. This new biography of the poet examines her life and writing as being inseparable. It presents a thorough, balanced account while reconstructing the short but passionate life of Sylvia Plath. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD
Linda Wagner-Martin	ix
INTRODUCTION	1	(8)
CHAPTER ONE Becoming a Poet	9	(14)
CHAPTER TWO Climbing the Ranks, Plath at Smith	23	(14)
CHAPTER THREE The World Split Open	37	(15)
CHAPTER FOUR Plath in England	52	(14)
CHAPTER FIVE Explorations in America	66	(15)
CHAPTER SIX Confined Spaces	81	(15)
CHAPTER SEVEN The Triumphant Fulfillment	96	(24)
CHAPTER EIGHT The Afterlife of Sylvia Plath	120	(10)
AFTERWORD	130	(2)
NOTES	132	(7)
WORKS CITED	139	(3)
CHRONOLOGY	142	(4)
WORKS BY SYLVIA PLATH	146	(1)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	147	(3)
INDEX	150

Excerpts

Often considered an iconic figure to feminists, Plath is best known for her novel The Bell Jar and her controversial poetry, which collected won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982.