Voices & Visions: Sylvia Plath (1988)

  • NR
  • 04/21/1988 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 57m

Overview

In this documentary you will follow in considerable (and sometimes excruciatingly painful) detail Plath's life from her childhood in Massachusetts to her suicide, at age 30, in London in 1963. Included are the candid recollections of her mother, Aurelia Plath, and such aquaintances as Clarissa Roche and Dido Merwin. Providing perspectives on Plath's work are A. Alvarez, a critic, and Sandra M. Gilbert, a feminist scholar and herself a poet.

Lawrence Pitkethly

Director

Cast

A. Alvarez's headshot

A. Alvarez

Himself
Aurelia Plath's headshot

Aurelia Plath

Herself
Sandra M. Gilbert's headshot

Sandra M. Gilbert

Herself
Sylvia Plath's headshot

Sylvia Plath

Herself (Archive)

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