Synopses & Reviews
By examining the works and life of Sylvia Plath, Linda Wagner-Martin achieves to make the story of her growth into a consummate artist both dramatic and convincing. In her narrative of the accomplished, yet tentative American girl, Wagner-Martin brings the desire to become a writer to the center of Plath's life. By this, she humanizes Plath and brings her from the status of myth and legend to the normality of a talented woman who guides her life by her continuous attempts to achieve her literary aims.
Review
"...this study is well judged and well written, offering insights into Plath's work as it speaks of her family relationships..." --
Years Work in English Studies
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-166) and index.
About the Author
Linda Wagner-Martin is Hanes Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina.
Table of Contents
The Writing Life * Creating Lives * Creating the Persona of the Self * Recalling the Bell Jar * Lifting the Bell Jar * Plath's Hospital Writing * Defining Health * The Journey Toward
Ariel * Plath's Poems about Women * Plath's Triumphant Woman Poems * Getting Rid of Daddy * Sylvia Plath, The Poet, and Her Writing Life