(New York: Viking Penguin, 1991).

“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 and the intricacies of her later relationships in such a way as to throw light on her brilliant poems of anguish and joy.”-Grace Schulman. Item #15205

First Edition. 8vo, quarter cloth over boards in the dust jacket. 402 pp. A lovely copy in the dustjacket.