This blog post was modified, to add links, on 12 December 2018.--pks
The immediacy of Twitter has often inadvertently led to the absence of some information on Sylvia Plath appearing on this blog. For example, the reviews of the Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2 have been tweeted and recorded on my bibliography of reviews of Plath's work on my website, but not here. So I thought I might do a little blog post to post the reviews and include links to however many that I can which appear online. Linking to reviews is presently a feature on my website that I do not take the time to do. Perhaps I should? Probably not, I still fear the breaking of links as it what so often happened earlier in this century.
Here are the reviews, including some pieces which are more coverage of the book, of Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2 that have been published to date (or will be shortly--Rollyson and Schoerke). Some are behind paywalls and one just is not online. Some were printed in the newspaper on a date different to when it appeared online and often with a different title...which makes bibliography in the 21st-century really difficult. For some, like the Financial Times, I have not see the printed version so page numbers are missing. Lastly, some reviews, like Paul Alexander's, appeared in several subsequent newspapers but I have only listed the first appearance.
Adams, Alexander. "The poetry and the pain." Spiked. November 13, 2018.
Alexander, Paul, "Plath's Joy and Desolation." The Washington Post. November 4, 2018: E10.
Bate, Jonathan. "I now see the man I loved is dead." The Times. September 8, 2018: 13.
Bayley, Sally. "Plath's Passions." Literary Review. October 2018: 22-23.
Biggs, Joanna. "I'm an intelligence." London Review of Books. December 20, 2018: 9-15.
Carey, John. "Dispatches from a heart in agony." Sunday Times. September 9, 2018: 36.
Chiasson, Dan. "'The Girl That Things Happen To'." The New Yorker. November 5, 2018: 62-7.
Clark, Alex. "Who was the real Sylvia Plath?" Financial Times. October 5, 2018.
Cooke, Rachael. "Sylvia's Plath and other torments." The Observer. September 9, 2018: 44-5.
Ferri, Jessica. "Revealed: Sylvia Plath's Last Desperate Letters." The Daily Beast. November 9, 2018.
Haas, Lidija. "New Books." Harper's. October 2018: 83-6.
Lowry, Elizabeth. "Marriage as religion...Plath's correspondence captures life with Ted Hughes in all its joys and agonies." The Guardian. September 19, 2018: 16-17.
Lowry, Elizabet. "Books of the Year 2018." TLS. November 20, 2018.
Marriott, James. "Books of the Year 2018." The Times. November 23, 2018.
Meyers, Jeffrey. "Plath has the last wounding word." Standpoint. November 2018: 50-2.
Parker, James. "The Haunting Last Letters of Sylvia Plath." The Atlantic. January/February 2019.
Pierre, Summer. "Sylvia Plath's Last Plan." The New Yorker.
Raine, Craig. "'Ted is liar. Ted beats me up. Ted wishes me dead': Sylvia Plath descends into madness and misery." The Spectator. September 15, 2018: 31-2.
Renolds, Gillian. "Radio Review." The Sunday Times. December 2, 2018.
Roiphe, Katie, "Mad Girl's Love Song." The New York Times Book Review. November 10, 2018: 39.
Rollyson, Carl. "Sylvia out in the cold." The New Criterion. December 2018: 78-82.
Schoerke, Meg. "'I know the bottom, she says': Sylvia Plath's Correspondence 2." The Hudson Review. Autumn 2018: 629-39.
Seaman, Donna. "The Letters of Sylvia Plath." Booklist. October 1, 2018.
Sehgal, Parul. "A Marriage Falters and Masks Fall Away." The New York Times. October 24, 2018: C4.
Solly, Meilan. "Sylvia Plath's Last Letters Paint Visceral Portrait of Her Marriage, Final Years." Smithsonian.com. October 31, 2018.
Sullivan, Hannah. "Revealing Sylvia Plath." TLS. November 2, 2018: 3-4.
"The Letters of Sylvia Plath." [Starred Review] Kirkus Reviews. August 1, 2018.
"The Letters of Sylvia Plath." [Starred Review] Publishers Weekly. August 6, 2018.
Thomson, Ian. "The suffering poet who sighed for lost Edens." Catholic Herald. November 22, 2018.
Wagner, Erica. "In sorrow and in anger." New Statesman. September 19, 2017: 67.
Weatherby, Lonnie. "The Letters of Sylvia Plath." Library Journal. October 1, 2018: 59.
"A well-worn Plath." Private Eye. September 21-October 4, 2018: 34.
Wilson, Andrew. "The darkness that claimed Sylvia Plath." Evening Standard. September 20, 2018: 40.
Wilson, Andrew. "Chaos & Creativity." Radio Times. November 24-30, 2018: 146-47.
Wood, Gaby. "'Now, I shall grow out of his shadow...' — Sylvia Plath's last letter." The Telegraph. September 15, 2018: 8-9.
Yandava, Ramya. "The Last Letters of Sylvia Plath." Cornell Daily Sun. November 13, 2018.
All links accessed 15 and 16 November and 12 December 2018.
The immediacy of Twitter has often inadvertently led to the absence of some information on Sylvia Plath appearing on this blog. For example, the reviews of the Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2 have been tweeted and recorded on my bibliography of reviews of Plath's work on my website, but not here. So I thought I might do a little blog post to post the reviews and include links to however many that I can which appear online. Linking to reviews is presently a feature on my website that I do not take the time to do. Perhaps I should? Probably not, I still fear the breaking of links as it what so often happened earlier in this century.
Here are the reviews, including some pieces which are more coverage of the book, of Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2 that have been published to date (or will be shortly--Rollyson and Schoerke). Some are behind paywalls and one just is not online. Some were printed in the newspaper on a date different to when it appeared online and often with a different title...which makes bibliography in the 21st-century really difficult. For some, like the Financial Times, I have not see the printed version so page numbers are missing. Lastly, some reviews, like Paul Alexander's, appeared in several subsequent newspapers but I have only listed the first appearance.
Adams, Alexander. "The poetry and the pain." Spiked. November 13, 2018.
Alexander, Paul, "Plath's Joy and Desolation." The Washington Post. November 4, 2018: E10.
Bate, Jonathan. "I now see the man I loved is dead." The Times. September 8, 2018: 13.
Bayley, Sally. "Plath's Passions." Literary Review. October 2018: 22-23.
Biggs, Joanna. "I'm an intelligence." London Review of Books. December 20, 2018: 9-15.
Carey, John. "Dispatches from a heart in agony." Sunday Times. September 9, 2018: 36.
Chiasson, Dan. "'The Girl That Things Happen To'." The New Yorker. November 5, 2018: 62-7.
Clark, Alex. "Who was the real Sylvia Plath?" Financial Times. October 5, 2018.
Cooke, Rachael. "Sylvia's Plath and other torments." The Observer. September 9, 2018: 44-5.
Ferri, Jessica. "Revealed: Sylvia Plath's Last Desperate Letters." The Daily Beast. November 9, 2018.
Haas, Lidija. "New Books." Harper's. October 2018: 83-6.
Lowry, Elizabeth. "Marriage as religion...Plath's correspondence captures life with Ted Hughes in all its joys and agonies." The Guardian. September 19, 2018: 16-17.
Lowry, Elizabet. "Books of the Year 2018." TLS. November 20, 2018.
Marriott, James. "Books of the Year 2018." The Times. November 23, 2018.
Meyers, Jeffrey. "Plath has the last wounding word." Standpoint. November 2018: 50-2.
Parker, James. "The Haunting Last Letters of Sylvia Plath." The Atlantic. January/February 2019.
Pierre, Summer. "Sylvia Plath's Last Plan." The New Yorker.
Raine, Craig. "'Ted is liar. Ted beats me up. Ted wishes me dead': Sylvia Plath descends into madness and misery." The Spectator. September 15, 2018: 31-2.
Renolds, Gillian. "Radio Review." The Sunday Times. December 2, 2018.
Roiphe, Katie, "Mad Girl's Love Song." The New York Times Book Review. November 10, 2018: 39.
Rollyson, Carl. "Sylvia out in the cold." The New Criterion. December 2018: 78-82.
Schoerke, Meg. "'I know the bottom, she says': Sylvia Plath's Correspondence 2." The Hudson Review. Autumn 2018: 629-39.
Seaman, Donna. "The Letters of Sylvia Plath." Booklist. October 1, 2018.
Sehgal, Parul. "A Marriage Falters and Masks Fall Away." The New York Times. October 24, 2018: C4.
Solly, Meilan. "Sylvia Plath's Last Letters Paint Visceral Portrait of Her Marriage, Final Years." Smithsonian.com. October 31, 2018.
Sullivan, Hannah. "Revealing Sylvia Plath." TLS. November 2, 2018: 3-4.
"The Letters of Sylvia Plath." [Starred Review] Kirkus Reviews. August 1, 2018.
"The Letters of Sylvia Plath." [Starred Review] Publishers Weekly. August 6, 2018.
Thomson, Ian. "The suffering poet who sighed for lost Edens." Catholic Herald. November 22, 2018.
Wagner, Erica. "In sorrow and in anger." New Statesman. September 19, 2017: 67.
Weatherby, Lonnie. "The Letters of Sylvia Plath." Library Journal. October 1, 2018: 59.
"A well-worn Plath." Private Eye. September 21-October 4, 2018: 34.
Wilson, Andrew. "The darkness that claimed Sylvia Plath." Evening Standard. September 20, 2018: 40.
Wilson, Andrew. "Chaos & Creativity." Radio Times. November 24-30, 2018: 146-47.
Wood, Gaby. "'Now, I shall grow out of his shadow...' — Sylvia Plath's last letter." The Telegraph. September 15, 2018: 8-9.
Yandava, Ramya. "The Last Letters of Sylvia Plath." Cornell Daily Sun. November 13, 2018.
All links accessed 15 and 16 November and 12 December 2018.