The Haunting Of Sylvia Plath by Jacqueline Rose

The Haunting Of Sylvia Plath by Jacqueline Rose

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The author argues that without a concept of fantasy we can understand neither Plath's work nor what she has come to represent. She proposes that no writer demonstrates more forcefully than Plath the importance of inner psychic life for the wider sexual and political world.

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The Haunting Of Sylvia Plath by Jacqueline Rose

Since her suicide in 1963 at the age of 30, Sylvia Plath has become a strange icon. This book addresses why this is the case and what this tells us about the way culture picks out important writers. The author argues that without a concept of fantasy we can understand neither Plath's work nor what she has come to represent. She proposes that no writer demonstrates more forcefully than Plath the importance of inner psychic life for the wider sexual and political world. By the author of Sexuality in the Field of Vision .

Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London, Jacqueline Rose The Final Resistance, The Question of Zion, and Albertine: A Novel are among her many works.

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ISBN 13 9781853814815
ISBN 10 1853814814
Title The Haunting Of Sylvia Plath
Author Jacqueline Rose
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 1992-04-16
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.