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American Isis: The Life And Art Of Sylvia Plath (2013)

by Carl Rollyson(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0312640242 (ISBN13: 9780312640248)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: Quite a disappointing book in that it provides little relevant information about Plath and her work, and is also not very well-written. Rollyson, annoyingly, plumps out his narrative with comparisons to other celebrities whose lives he has also chronicled: Marilyn Monroe, Susan Sontag, as well as bringing in national events that seem unrelated to Plath’s history. His style varies between dense and unduly elaborate. The only interesting data was that connected with Plath’s survivors—her mother (a very large part of Rollyson’s book is based on “Letters Home”) and various friends who were willing to comment—most weren’t.
review 2: It was good. For me, it was 50/50. On one hand, I liked learning more about Sylvia Plath. The information was from a ... moredifferent angle and attitude. However, there were some hang ups on the author's part - like his constant and unnecessary comparison of Marilyn Monroe and Sylvia Plath. He seemed more motivated to write this biography because of her similarities to Monroe instead of the fact that Plath is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. It was kind of damper. less

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