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A review by heartsneedle
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther
4.0
4/5
Mental Health, Sexuality, Abuse
“Young women are told they’ll “grow out” of reading Plath, that they lack any critical faculties, merely worship at the shrine of a suicide death goddess, and so on. They become objects of humor, no longer proper or serious readers, but rather devotees. Goths and emos who wear black with a death fixation”
Overall: Brutal and raw examination of Plath and Sexton as poets, women, and friends with undertones of jealousy and insecurity. Crowther brilliantly dissects the disturbing violence each defied and endured. A fascinating intersection of feminism and literature.
Mental Health, Sexuality, Abuse
“Young women are told they’ll “grow out” of reading Plath, that they lack any critical faculties, merely worship at the shrine of a suicide death goddess, and so on. They become objects of humor, no longer proper or serious readers, but rather devotees. Goths and emos who wear black with a death fixation”
Overall: Brutal and raw examination of Plath and Sexton as poets, women, and friends with undertones of jealousy and insecurity. Crowther brilliantly dissects the disturbing violence each defied and endured. A fascinating intersection of feminism and literature.