A Lover of Unreason: the Life and Tragic Death of Assia Wevill 9781909396838, 9781861059741, 1909396834

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A Lover of Unreason: the Life and Tragic Death of Assia Wevill
9781909396838, 9781861059741, 1909396834

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Ted;Koren
Yehuda;Plath
Sylvia;Wevill
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Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Preface
Prologue
One: Childhood
Two: A New Life
Three: A Tabeetha Girl
Four: A Teenager in Love
Five: First Marriage
Six: A Second Husband
Seven: Falling in Love
Eight: Third Marriage
Nine: A Fateful Meeting
Ten: An Illicit Affair
Eleven: Leaving Plath
Twelve: The Shadow of Suicide
Thirteen: Domesticity
Fourteen: Torn Between Two Lovers
Fifteen: Birth
Sixteen: Bliss
Seventeen: Banished
Eighteen: Love Me Back or Let Me Go
Nineteen: Despair
Twenty: The Die Is Cast
Twenty-one: Agony
Twenty-two: Aftermath
Notes
Select Bibliography.

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