BOOK REVIEW / PAPERBACKS: A Journey into the Red Eye - Janice Markey: Women's Press, pounds 7.99

Iconcolastic study of Sylvia Plath's poetry, to mark the 30th anniversary of her suicide. To combat notions of Plath as narcissistic, neurotic and death-driven, the author claims to find evidence in her work of warmth, broad humanity and, yes, even humour.