Sylvia Plath - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and works of one of the most unique and powerful minds of the twentieth century. Focusing on Daddy, The Bell Jar and her diaries the writer explores the background, themes, images and techniques that unite them. Gina Wisker's lively text offers a guide to: plot, setting and character; approaching the works; how Plath's works were viewed then and now; why you should read Plath. the facts...the concepts...the ideas...