Life and contexts | p. 5 |
The childhood to undergraduate years (1930-56) | p. 7 |
The Plath years (1956-63) | p. 12 |
The Assia period (1963-69) | p. 16 |
From marriage to the Laureateship (1970-84) | p. 19 |
The Laureate years (1984-98) | p. 23 |
Works | p. 31 |
The Hawk in the Rain and Lupercal | p. 33 |
Wodwo | p. 37 |
Crow and Cave Birds | p. 39 |
Goudete | p. 44 |
Remains of Elmet and Elmet | p. 48 |
Moortown | p. 51 |
Season Songs and Flowers and Insects | p. 53 |
River | p. 56 |
Wolfwatching | p. 60 |
Rain-Charm for the Duchy and other Laureate Poems | p. 64 |
Birthday Letters, Howls and Whispers and Capriccio | p. 66 |
Stories | p. 71 |
Children's works | p. 75 |
Criticism and letters | p. 80 |
Translations | p. 87 |
Plays | p. 92 |
Criticism | p. 99 |
Reputations | p. 101 |
Language | p. 110 |
Myth | p. 119 |
Laureateship, history and politics | p. 128 |
Hughes and Plath | p. 131 |
Ecology | p. 139 |
Conclusion | p. 147 |
Chronology | p. 149 |
Further reading | p. 157 |
Bibliography | p. 163 |
Index | p. 168 |
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