Chair: Felicity Plunkett

Sylvia Plath is a literary icon – praised and vilified in equal measure by devotees and critics. In her afterlife, the ’crazed poetess’ has become a legend and an entire industry has flourished around her life, her work and her death. There have been biographies, hagiographies, critical studies, psychoanalytical reviews and novels dedicated to Plath. Heather Clark has written the definitive biography. She and Felicity Plunkett, poet and critic, share their reflections on this remarkable writer.

Event details: Sat 04 Mar, 10:45am on the West Stage