tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post3867095207474402450..comments2023-06-27T01:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Ted Burke LIKE IT OR NOT: SYLVIA PLATH:The Worship of the DeadTED BURKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-46983674623598694352010-12-13T00:47:02.024-08:002010-12-13T00:47:02.024-08:00What's interesting is that the Plath hagiograp...What's interesting is that the Plath hagiography you describe was developed by professors and their students who claimed to be adherents of the so-called New Criticism, which said that a poet's work should be evaluated without the context of the poet's biography. Plath-worship is, ironically, the inverse of that: a focus on her life--or the myth of it, anyway--without the context of her poetry.Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.com