Dec 23, 2009
Sylvia Plath’s father, who died when she was eight, had a lifelong influence on her: She alternately yearned for and rejected male approval. Plath did well at Smith College but also suffered a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide. She married the brilliant English poet Ted Hughes in 1956 and gained praise for her collection The Colossus (1960). Abandoned by Hughes for another woman and in poor health, Plath committed suicide in 1963. Her mystique was accentuated by the posthumous...
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