- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Penguin UK; New edition edition (Sep 27 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140103732
- ISBN-13: 978-0140103731
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 322 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,785,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A biography of the American poet Sylvia Plath which presents a different view of her life and death by shifting any blame away from Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, and suggesting the problems lay in her personality difficulties.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A flawed must-read, Sep 30 2005
By M. S. Turula - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bitter Fame (Paperback)
I'm surprised no one has yet reviewed this landmark in the Plath biography lexicon. It was savagely attacked when it came out because Anne Stevenson was writing under the tight control of Ted and Olwyn Hughes and readers rightly saw it as slanted heavily in their favor. But anyone interested in Sylvia Plath should definitely read it. It's by far the best written of the biographies and presents a complex, believable portrait of Plath up to the point where her journals disappeared. After that, Stevenson has not a single good word to say for Sylvia and not a single bad word to say for Ted. It's a fascinating read that should be either preceded or followed by Janet Malcolm's The Silent Woman which explains the drama that went into its creation.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Madness and Genius, Dec 1 2005
By Robert Horn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bitter Fame (Paperback)
Plath is presented as an unstable but very talented woman. There is not doubting her instability which appeared long before she met Ted Hughes, but what Anne Stevenson has managed to do is present the enormous stresses placed upon her husband and her friends by Plath's behaviour. It is not easy living with a poet, at least one who writes seriously. Dido Merwin was on the receiving end of some pretty nasty vitriol, but if you have a face-lift to make yourslef look younger don't invite a perceptive poet along to visit you in hospital. This book is a fine biography and in my view is the standard work on a great 20th century poet.
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defintely interesting, Sep 3 2009
By M. joad "booksmith" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Bitter Fame (Paperback)
This book was in very good condition and it was delivered promptly. The content is definitely interesting and what I was looking for in a biography. The writer's style is informative and accurate. It gives excellent insight into the world of Plath.
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