Sylvia Plath and the Mythology of Women Readers

Table of Contents

vii C o n t e n t s Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: “There Is No Such Thing as a Death Girl”: Literary Bullying and the Plath Reader 1 1. “Dissatisfied, Family-Hating Shrews”: Women Readers and the Politics of Plath’s Literary Reception 25 2. “Oh, You Are Dark”: The Plath Reader in Popular Culture 61 3. “We Did Not Wish to Give the Impression”: Plath Fandom and the Question of Representation 86 4. “A Fiercely Fought Defense”: Ted Hughes and the Plath Reader 124 Conclusion: “I Don’t Mean Any Harm”: Frieda Hughes, Plath Readers, and the Question of Resistance 155 Notes 167 Index 195 ...