7 Podcast Episodes
397 Plath, Hughes, and the "Other Woman" - Assia Wevill and Her Writings (with Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick and Peter Steinberg)
397 Plath, Hughes, and the "Other Woman" - Assia Wevill and Her Writings (with Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick and Peter Steinberg)
In 1961, poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath rented their flat to a Canadian poet and his wife, the beautiful, accomplishe... Read more
7 Apr 2022
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51mins
394 Freud and Fiction | PLUS An Assia Wevill Preview
394 Freud and Fiction | PLUS An Assia Wevill Preview
What narrative techniques did Freud borrow and employ? What was the effect? And what did it mean for the literary critic... Read more
28 Mar 2022
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59mins
Who is Assia Wevill? Why Does She Matter?
Who is Assia Wevill? Why Does She Matter?
How one life can illuminate the lives of others.
22 Jan 2022
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34mins
Who is Assia Wevill? Why She Matters. Part 1
Who is Assia Wevill? Why She Matters. Part 1
A conversation with Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick and Peter K. Steinberg about their edition of The Collected Writings of Ass... Read more
15 Jan 2022
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43mins
Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and most of all Assia Wevill in a new light in Capriccio
Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and most of all Assia Wevill in a new light in Capriccio
Part of a continuing series on the biographical novel and the way it contributes to our understanding of biographical su... Read more
31 Oct 2021
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40mins
9. Assia Wevill: The Oven Suicides, Part 2
9. Assia Wevill: The Oven Suicides, Part 2
In 1969, Assia Wevill--hailed as a great beauty and advertising talent--bizarrely committed suicide in the same manner a... Read more
2 Apr 2019
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1hr 20mins
Assia Wevill
Assia Wevill
The final chapter in the Plath trilogy. Assia Wevill was the mistress of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath's husband. Dave and Ha... Read more
21 Dec 2017
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1hr 10mins