Scope and Contents Material connected to Anne Stevenson's biography on poet, Sylvia Plath, which was originally published in 1989. The biography received a second edition in 1998, released in the wake of Ted Hughes' final collection of poetry, Birthday Letters, which the new edition's preface addressed.This series is composed primarily of various drafts written by Stevenson. There are also drafts of memoirs produced by Lucas Myers, Dido Merwin and Richard Murphy, which were...

Scope and Contents A file holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. Correspondents include representatives from Penguin Books, Olwyn Hughes and Ted Hughes. The following are also present in the file: a copy of Stevenson's contract with Penguin, photocopies of letters sent by Stevenson to Sylvia Kantaris and Dido Merwin, and photocopies of correspondence between Merwin and the biographer, Linda Wagner-Martin, which...

Scope and Contents Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. The first file holds items dating between January and June 1987, while the contents of the second file date from July to December that year. Correspondents include representatives from Penguin Books, Olwyn Hughes, Peter Davison at the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Lucas Myers, Richard Murphy, J. Melvin Woody, Clarissa Roche, and Trevor Thomas. The...

Scope and Contents A file holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. Correspondents include Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Richard Murphy, Mark Le Fanu, Jillian Becker, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; and Helga Huws. The following are also present in the file: a pile of notes by Olwyn Hughes and Stevenson, photocopies of letters sent by Stevenson to various individuals; and...

Scope and Contents Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame, and promotional activities relating to its publication in 1989. The first file holds items dating between January and June of that year, while the contents of the second file date from July to December. Correspondents include Trevor Thomas, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Jillian Becker, Olwyn Hughes,...

Scope and Contents A file holding letters sent to and by Anne Stevenson, connected to her biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame, which include reactions to the publication following its release. Correspondents include: Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Peter Davison at Houghton Mifflin, Robert McMullen, Jude Bourguignon at Penguin Books, Dale J. Sprague, Bob Dykeman, C.J. Hardy, Jullian Becker, Ruth Scott, Madeline Strong Diehl, Marion Bright, Paul Roche, Joe Lobenthal, Richard Murphy, Ruth...

Scope and Contents Three books, and four files of research material and other items, relating to Anne Stevenson's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame, published in 1989. The following books are present:1. Syvlia Plath: Letters Home - Correspondence 1950-1963, selected and edited by Aurelia Schober Plath, published 19752. A Closer Look at Ariel: A Memory of Sylvia Plath, written by Nancy Hunter Steiner, 1978...

Scope and Contents Letters, printouts of emails, cards, and postcards sent to Anne Stevenson from friends, family, business associates, literary peers, companies, charities, educational institutions, and people who admired her work. Some letters are accompanied by copies of poems written by the correspondents. Also present are contracts, financial statements, sales invoices and other items that Stevenson received through the post.This series is composed of 37 boxes and 783 identified correspondents,...

Scope and Contents A file holding an assortment of material relating to the publishing of the second edition of Anne Stevenson's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame, in 1998. The following are present: 1. A six-page word-processed draft of the preface for the new edition. This item features annotations and corrections in pencil.2. Page proofs for the preface.3. A two-page word-processed document with notes on the preface, written by an unknown author...