The Haunting of Sylvia Plath by Jacqueline Rose

The Haunting of Sylvia Plath by Jacqueline Rose

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Offers an interpretation of Sylvia Plath's writing, claiming that previous interpretations - both feminist and psychoanalytic - have been too polarized. The book also asks why Sylvia Plath has, since her death, become the object of intensespeculation, of fantasy, repulsion and desire.

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The Haunting of Sylvia Plath by Jacqueline Rose

Offers an interpretation of Sylvia Plath's writing, claiming that previous interpretations - both feminist and psychoanalytic - have been too polarized. The book also asks why Sylvia Plath has, since her death, become the object of intensespeculation, of fantasy, repulsion and desire.
Jacqueline Rose has written and lectured widely on feminism, psychoanalysis and culture. She is the author of The Case of Peter Pan, or The Impossibility of Children's Fiction, Sexuality in the Field of Vision, Why War? - psychoanalysis, politics and the return to Melanie Klein and States of Fantasy, the 1994 Clarendon Lectures. The Haunting of Sylvia Plath received wide critical acclaim on its publication in 1991. She has a chair in English at Queen Mary University of London. She lives in London.
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ISBN 13 9781853813078
ISBN 10 1853813079
Title The Haunting of Sylvia Plath
Author Jacqueline Rose
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 1991-06-24
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.