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Paperback Sylvia Plath: The Wound and the Cure of Words Book

ISBN: 080184374X

ISBN13: 9780801843747

Sylvia Plath: The Wound and the Cure of Words

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This is a "biography of the imagination," an inner narrative of Sylvia Plath's life and work. Combining psychoanalytical, feminist, and intertextual methods, Steven Gould Axelrod traces what Roland Barthes has called "the body's journey through language." After an introductory look at the roles played by language and silence in Plath's verbal universe, Axelrod explores the ways in which the poet's father--and father figures, including male literary...

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This book is a terrific combination of Axelrod's interpretations and Plath's life. It does not rest only upon facts, but instead it does a beautiful job of twisting together her life, her writing and her psychological condition. If you love Plath and her writing, this is the book for you. It is intelligent and written for people who not only want to know more about the life of a very troubled and talented woman, but those who also love her poetry.
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