Rough Magic

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Paul Alexander is one of tliose rare biographers who do no tk e way of their subjects, whose sympathy is all unspokim ke pays tribute by an artful restraint that allows the circumstances of Syl Via Platk's life to speak for themte ducin^ a narrative of uncommon intensity,
* —Kenneth Silverman, author of the Pulitzer Pri
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"I'm struck by Paul Alexander's combination of passion and objective inquiry, a blend that characterizes Sylvia Plath's poetry. He recreates her early years an«! the intricacies of her later rela^onshipg in such a way as to throw light on her brilliant poems of anguish and joy." —Grace Sfckulman
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^^ ^ince Ler suiciJe at tke atfe o{ tkirty in 1963, Sylvia PlatL lias become tke moit widely read poet oí Ler generation, a0 well as tke moft wildly mii-underfltood. Tke raw, almoft woundlike iurfacefl of Platkii poetry and tke tragic manner of ker deatk virtually guaranteed tliat ike would ke turned into a... Tovább

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Paul Alexander is one of tliose rare biographers who do no tk e way of their subjects, whose sympathy is all unspokim ke pays tribute by an artful restraint that allows the circumstances of Syl Via Platk's life to speak for themte ducin^ a narrative of uncommon intensity,
* —Kenneth Silverman, author of the Pulitzer Pri
The Life and Times of Co\


"I'm struck by Paul Alexander's combination of passion and objective inquiry, a blend that characterizes Sylvia Plath's poetry. He recreates her early years an«! the intricacies of her later rela^onshipg in such a way as to throw light on her brilliant poems of anguish and joy." —Grace Sfckulman
LS. $24.1
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^^ ^ince Ler suiciJe at tke atfe o{ tkirty in 1963, Sylvia PlatL lias become tke moit widely read poet oí Ler generation, a0 well as tke moft wildly mii-underfltood. Tke raw, almoft woundlike iurfacefl of Platkii poetry and tke tragic manner of ker deatk virtually guaranteed tliat ike would ke turned into a flerie« of lakel«: troubled dau^kter, abandoned wife, poete mauJiie, It kas taken Paul Alexander to do jujtice to tLi. complex and fiercely talented woman witk kis important and lon^-awaited new critical kiogfrapky. j
Tke details of Platk'a life—ker fatker 0 early deatk, ker suicide attempts, ker lifelong struggle witk depression, ker volatile marriage to tke Englisk poet Ted Hugkes—would ke easy to turn into melodrama. Riul Alexander resists tkat temptation. Wkat ke does instead is tell tketrutk, wkile capturing wkat it felt like to ke Sylvia Platk, a deeply troukled kuman keing wko was also a supremely artful poet.
Tkere kave keen o^er^ograpkies
of Platk, k ut none kave employed suck a wide array of sources or kave probed so deeply into ker life. Drawing on extensive and éxclusive interviews, as well (ConthiuaJ on hack flap)
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(Continue J front front flap)
as exkaustive arckival researcli, Paul Alexander has created the definitive portrait of a brilliant—and tragic—genius.
Paul Alexander is tke editor of Ariel Ascending f a collection of essays about tke life and work of Sylvia Platk. A former reporter for tke Houston bureau of Time magazine, ke kas publisked articles in M inc. and New York Times Magazine. He kas taugkt at tke University of Houston and at Hofstra University, He lives in New York City.
Jacket design hy Micliael Ian Kaye Jacket plioto^rapk courtesy Lilly Litrary, Indiana University
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