Author: Kyle, Barry and Jacqueline Rose,
Title: Sylvia Plath: a dramatic portrait; The Haunting of Sylvia Plath.
Description: NY/Cambridge, MA, Perennial,Harvard Univ Press, (1977) & (1991). 2 VG PBs. Kyle's book is conceived and adapted from Plath's writings is a dramatized setting, a selection of her poems and prose writings. as presented in a biographical context that gives an insight into her life and art and was originally presented in London by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973. The dramatization was a great success and included the poet's only play, "Three Women", originally written for radio which is also reprinted here. Clive Barnes, drama critic, wrotes in The NY Times that ".Miss Plath has taught me something about drama. Poetry is what drama is about. It is the hard core of the dramatic experience - everyting else is peripheral documentary. The clarity of words, the blend of personality, the variety of poetic life and experience - everything else is spun out and perfect." Rose's points out in her ambitious and original book, Plath has become one who haunts our culture, the Marilyn Monroe of the literati and discusses the ways in which she has become the object of critical fantasie and debates about femininity, violence, and contemporary culture.

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