num_pages: 413
description: In this authoritative and controversial biography, Stevenson charts the ways in which Sylvia Plath created her own legend--one at odds with the posthumous myth that has grown up around her. It is "the most genuinely feminist account of Plath's life yet: one in which Plath herself is held to be responsible for her own life, her own death" (Washington Post Book World). (A Mariner Reissue)
language: English
title: Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath
titlecomplete: Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath
genres: American, Biography, Writing, Womens, Mental Illness, Poetry, Literature, Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 1091
publisher: Mariner Books