Five Remarkable Women – Sylvia Plath
Mon 11 Nov 2024, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
A talk by Margaret Norwich on Sylvia Plath.
Sylvia Plath is more famous in popular culture for her life than for her work. The story of the beautiful young American poetess, brilliant but tortured, abandoned by her husband, the future poet laureate Ted Hughes, alone in London with two small children, writing “dawn poems in blood” is the stuff of myth, but the poetry she left behind is vividly real, often joyous, and the work of a true artist . Please join me to explore the life and work of this remarkable woman!
Event Information
Price: £18.00
Course Weeks: 1
Room: Kincaid Hall
Campaign: Autumn Term 2024
Your Tutor
Name: Margaret Norwich
Bio: Margaret Norwich studied liberal arts at Vassar College, New York and read English at Girton College, Cambridge. She has worked in publishing, higher education and the voluntary sector. She lectured on English Language & Literature for many years at Bedford College/De Montfort University and was Tutor/Organiser for the WEA in Bedfordshire. Her interests include the poetry of Sylvia Plath, the novels of Hilary Mantel, the plays of Tom Stoppard, and the redemptive power of art, music and literature.
Department: Humanities
