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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…


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Emily Van Dyne deeply loves the great poet Sylvia Plath. Many do, but the author of this new perspective on Sylvia Plath’s life, death and body of work has done the intricate research that few have done so well. She digs deeply into the complex ways Plath’s life impinged on her work, including how personal writing and poetic legacy were manipulated by her husband, also a famous poet, after she took her own life and those of her small children.

Van Dyne doesn’t claim to know that Plath was a victim of intimate partner violence, but rather provides us with…

You don't have to be a Sylvia Plath super fan or even know much about her to get immersed in this smart investigation of her life and legacy.

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