Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Foreword
9 Chapter 1: Who Was Sylvia Plath? PLATH'S CHILDHOOD A SCHOLARSHIP GIRL THE RISKS OF READING AUTOBIOGRAPHICALLY A TURNING POINT MEETING TED HUGHES GROWING AS A WRITER THE CREATION OF PLATH THE MYTH THE TROUBLE WITH BIOGRAPHY
10 Chapter 2: Plath in Her Historical Context COLD WAR CULTURE GENDER AND SEXUALITY MENTAL HEALTH ON THE EVE OF SECOND WAVE FEMINISM
11 Chapter 3: Plath's Poetry INTRODUCTION TO THE POEMS PLATH'S INFLUENCES POETRY AS POLITICS RECURRING THEMES IN PLATH'S WORK THE POETRY
12 Chapter 4: The Bell Jar, Short Fiction, and Essays INTRODUCTION TO THE FICTION THE BELL JAR SHORT FICTION AND ESSAYS
13 Chapter 5: Plath's Journals and Letters AUDIENCE AND SELF‐FASHIONING WITNESSING THE CREATIVE PROCESS WRITING AS AN OUTSIDER
14 Chapter 6: Plath's Legacy CULTURAL INFLUENCE THE GROWTH OF PLATH STUDIES FAMILY LEGACY SUMMARY
15 Bibliography
16 Index
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Plath at the beach, 1954.
2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes on their honeymoon, 1956.Figure 3.2 Sylvia Plath and her mother, Aurelia Plath, with Plath's children...
3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Sylvia Plath in her home at 55 Eltisley Avenue, 1956.
4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Handwritten draft of Sylvia Plath's poem “Stings” on Smith Colleg...
Guide
6 Foreword
11 Bibliography
12 Index
