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What was Sylvia Plath’s fascination with the occult?
The poet Ted Hughes inspired his wife Sylvia Plath to partake in magic, however this led to her tragic downfall ...
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‘Loving Sylvia Plath’ is an indictment of Ted Hughes
Heather Clark’s massive ravishing biography of Sylvia Plath ... She summarizes Plath’s life, reflects on her afterlife and selectively analyzes her poetry — all through the lens of ...
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Her Novels Make Mine Possible
Sylvia Plath. Cape Cod Journal: typescript, 17 July 1957. Responding to The Waves in her journal, Plath was initially “disturbed” and “almost angered” with Woolf’s “endless sun, waves, birds, and the ...
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‘A literary event’: Sylvia Plath memorabilia can fetch as much as $1m. A new book reveals a treasure trove of material
The task of understanding Sylvia Plath ... a reminder of her journalistic rigour and professionalism as a writer. Collected Prose gathers writing from 1940 to 1962. Plath’s life was short ...