SOURCE: "The Importance of Being Biased," in The New York Times Book Review, March 27, 1994, pp. 1, 18-20.
[In the following review, James describes how Malcolm's investigation into Plath's life was fueled by her sympathy for Ted Hughes and how The Silent Woman presents a revisionist view of Hughes's influence on Plath and her biographers.]
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