WAGNER-MARTIN, LINDA W. — Sylvia Plath: A Biography

New York : Simon & Schuster 1987 First Edition 282 p, . with, full page b/w photogr plates, bibliogr., index HARDCOVER: (Orig. gray cover boards, pink quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket VERY GOOD) In this biography, only the second ever published, and the first to draw on unpublished journals and letters recently made available, the author examines the ironies and contradictions of Sylvia Platt's life, as well as her achievements. A biography of the American writer reveals Plath's crucial relationship with her mother, her growth as a writer, Anne Sexton's influence on her writing, her first suicide attempt, and her marriage with Ted Hughes