Loving Sylvia Plath
A Reclamation
23 August 2024
Territory Rights — Worldwide.
Description
A nuanced, passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunderstood writers of the twentieth century
Reviews
"Emily Van Duyne reveals Plath as she was: the best of her, the worst of her, the parts she hid in plain sight, the parts she made harder to find. I inhaled Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation like (what else?) air." — Jessica DeFino, Guardian columnist and beauty reporter
"[Van Duyne] carefully, almost tenderly, combines research with experience. " — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times
"In Loving Sylvia Plath, Emily Van Duyne sets out to radically reimagine the last years of Plath's life and recontextualize her legacy by undoing her silencing and exploring the brilliance of her work. This book is perfect for lovers of poetry and literary history alike. " — Michael Welch, Chicago Review of Books
"Impassioned... Effective in [its] takedown oof the literary establishment that closed ranks around Hughes to protect him against feminist pushback from the 1970s on... Compelling and well argued. " — Wendy Smith, Boston Globe
"Loving Sylvia Plath presents a difficult, brilliant, intensely personal and dazzlingly illuminating perspective on Plath’s work and mythology, and is hands down the most gripping thing I’ve read this year… The facts, as Van Duyne points out, have been hidden in plain sight all along. Buy her book, read it, believe it." — Elizabeth Lowry, The Times Literary Supplement
