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Fixed Stars Govern a Life
Decoding Sylvia Plath
Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2014 · ISBN 978-1-62288-064-5
The foundational text of Julia's Plath scholarship, reading Ariel through tarot and Qabalah: Jewish imagery as Qabalah, color and chemical imagery as Jungian alchemy, and Plath's own concerns about civil rights and Cold War anxiety, set against the historical, scientific, and artistic correspondences that explain her enduring appeal.