Mad girl's love song : Sylvia Plath and life before Ted / Andrew Wilson

London ; New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-426) and index. Contents; This haunting nameless pain -- My thoughts to shining fame aspire -- The ghost of somebody else -- If I rest, if I think inward, I go mad -- Who is Sylvia? -- I myself am Heaven and Hell -- Drowning in self hate, doubt, madness -- The beginnings of ""The bell jar"" -- I am chained to you as you are to your dreams -- Now, Voyager -- In the depths of the forest your image follows me. Subjects; Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963). Plath, Sylvia Mental health. Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963) Childhood and youth. Women poets, American. Poets, American 20th century ; Biography. Women poets, American 20th century ; Biography. Poets, American 20th century ; Biography. Women poets, American 20th century. Poets, American 20th century. Genres; Bibliography. Biographies. Biography. Illustrated.