Assia Wevill

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

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

59mins

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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

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

43mins

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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

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

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

1hr 10mins

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