Meaning-Making Narratives Within a Puzzle of Parts: A Psychobiographical Sketch of Sylvia Plath

Meaning-Making Narratives Within a Puzzle of Parts: A Psychobiographical Sketch of Sylvia Plath

This study aimed to unveil Sylvia Plath’s (1932–1963) meaning-making narratives, within her life’s puzzle of parts, by utilising the Internal Family System (IFS) model of Schwartz. Plath was purposively selected as subject since she has been proclaimed as one of the most renowned and influential voi...

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Main Authors:	Angela F. Panelatti, Joseph G. Ponterotto, Paul J. P. Fouché
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PsychOpen 2021-08-01
Series:	Europe's Journal of Psychology
Subjects:	sylvia plath psychobiography internal family system model polarisation of parts creative meaning-making narratives
Online Access:	https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/5321

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