The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath

The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath by Hayman, Ronald. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780750934220.

Not a conventional biograpy, this book offers an explanation of Sylvia Plaths death in 1963. The author looks back on Plaths life in an attempt to offer an objective account of why she killed herself. It discusses her life with her husband Ted Hughes, who had control of all her copyright works, as she killed herself without making a will. This edition brings the story full circle, as it includes the publication of "Birthday Letters," the death of Ted Hughes and Elaine Feinsteins biography of him, along with Erica Wagners book "Ariels Gift," the Al Alvarez autobiography which includes new material and Lucas Meyerss new book "Crow Steered Bergs Appeared."