false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348421m/47731.jpg 47731 6 In this rich and enthralling biography of American confessional poet Sexton, Middlebrook approaches Sexton's life and work with a masterful balance of objectivity and empathy, weaving a compulsively readable tale of Sexton's transformation from housewife to award-winning poet while she battled severe mental illness. Middlebrook's analysis of the relationship of Sexton's illness to her art is rendered more immediate and more powerful by her skillful use of tapes of Sexton's psychotherapy sessions. Avoiding literary and psychoanalytical jargon, Middlebrook judiciously assesses Sexton's work and describes the familial, psychological, and sociological determinants of Sexton's illness, which finally drove her to suicide in 1974. Highly recommended for research collections in literature and women's studies, for collections in psychiatry, and for general readers, even if it were not the only biography of Sexton available. - Ellen Finnie Duranceau, MIT Lib., Cambridge Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc 470180 1991 Anne Sexton: A Biography total:437|5:126|4:193|3:105|2:13|1:0| 437 1743 614 35 5 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 03:37:10 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 06:34:18 -0700 2009
Sexton was a mad housewife and began writing to live. She did unforgivable things ye...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 20:51:31 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 20:58:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 13:23:58 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 13:26:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jun 09 17:42:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:46:33 -0700 2009 especially writers.

I don't blame her at all.

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