Loving Sylvia Plath - A Reclamation

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 the construction of her legacy. Drawing from decades of study on Plath and her husband, Ted Hughes, the chief architect of Plath's mythology; the life and tragic suicide of Assia Wevill, Hughes's mistress; newly available archival materials; and a deep understanding of intimate partner violence, in Loving Sylvia Plath, Van Duyne seeks to undo the silencing of Sylvia Plath and resuscitate her as the hardworking, brilliant writer she was.

About the author

Emily Van Duyne is an associate professor at Stockton University and a 2022 Fulbright Scholar. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Harvard Review, and American Poetry Review. She lives in New Jersey.

Product details

• Authors: Emily van Duyne, Emily Van Duyne
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.08.2025
• EAN: 9781324110361
• ISBN: 978-1-324-11036-1
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 259 g
• Illustrations: 6 illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000