Diane Middlebrook - Her Husband; Hughes & Plath–A Marriage

Psychiatrist and Biographer Differ over Anne Sexton's Suicide. Was It Preventable or Inevitable?

Anne Sexton; A Biography by Diane Middlebrook is discussed in terms of the role Martin T. Orrre played in its creation, particular y the controversial release of the ps ychiatrist’s therapy tapes with the poet. Ome’s Foreword to the biography, in which he expresses the view that Sexton’s suicide was preventable, is reprinted. Middlebmak srgues that Sexton had reached a point in her life where t...

Husband 

She always brushed her hair back Sternly, twisting one small knot about the crown. He did not like the plain, broad brow. " I hate that tightness, " he would mutter to himself. But sometimes he would stoop to kiss her forehead And at midnight, hesitatingly, her lips, Surprised each time the way her arms would reach for him. When little Thomas had diphtheria at two, Her back was hourly bent abov...

An abused wife before and after filicide and suicide by her husband.

Pityriasis Rosea in a Woman and Her Husband – Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pityriasis rosea is an acute, self-limited papulosquamous dermatosis of the trunk and extremities. Many atypical forms of the disease have been reported in the literature [Ahmed et al.: Clin Exp Dermatol 2000;25:624-626; Imamura et al.: Dermatologica 1985;171:474-477]. It is rare to find pityriasis rosea in multiple family members (within a household) at the same time. There have been only 4 re...

Fecundity and Husband-Wife Age Gap at First Marriage—Cross-Country Analysis

One explanation given for the gender wage gap is the division of labor in the home. On the marriage outset, averagely speaking, husbands who are older invest more human capital in market activities than wives. This paper concentrates on the age gap at first marriage. It hypothesizes that the demand for children is one important reason for the husband-wife age gap. To show this, the paper extend...