Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's life, like her manic despondency, constantly jumped between paradise and Hell. Her apparently perfect exterior hid a turbulent and profoundly troubled spirit. Anearer gaze at her childhood and personal knowledge eliminates some component of mystery from her writings. The detail that her dad could have prevented his death left Sylvia Plath with a feeling of deliberate betrayal. Instead of coming to out to other persons for solace, she isolated herself with composing as her only expressive outlet, and amazingly had a verse released when she was only eight.

Plath proceeded prolific composing through high school and won ...