Withering Slights

Withering Slights
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“Plath’s The Rabbit Hunter
speaks from the trap—at
the edge of death”
—Claire Raymond
The Posthumous Voice in
Women’s Writing from
Mary Shelly to Sylvia Plath
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After her demise—
Sylvia got all the
Attention much to
Heathcliff’s chagrin

Arielesquely divine—
“Jane Eyre” Sylvia
Got the Estate busy
Burying her Deep
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Most writer’s estates—
Try to enhance the
Reputation of the
Deceased Author

But Heathcliff and—
Olwyn were bent on
Bringing the winged
Ariel goddess down
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Down from above—
Fighting tooth & nail
Editing & withholding
Her Books & Journals

Feuding & quibbling—
Writhing & slighting
Turning Plath into a
Hughes Cottage Industry