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Jun 26, 2024 · Sylvia Plath. The Bell Jar, novel by Sylvia Plath, first published in January 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas and later released posthumously under her real name. The work, a thinly veiled autobiography, chronicles a young woman’s mental breakdown and eventual recovery, while also exploring societal expectations of women in the 1950s.
- Sylvia Plath, Frances Monson McCullough, Lois Ames
- 1963
1 day ago · “Loving Sylvia Plath” is such a bold and original book that it confirms my conviction that we are only at the beginning of coming to terms with the poet’s biography. That may seem an astonishing statement to those tired of Plath biographies and say, as Emily Van Duyne knows quite well, “No more Plath.”
Jul 10, 2024 · I love Bate’s biography and his work in general. I think he is a brilliant, reasonable, empathetic scholar and I could not have written Loving Sylvia Plath without his biography of Hughes; it’s an essential reference. But this claim about Hughes cheating on Carol as an act of faithfulness to Sylvia Plath is a bridge too far.
Jul 11, 2024 · In the case of Sylvia Plath, that abuse and silencing was, and is, both personal and institutional. Because Hughes was famous in Plath’s lifetime and continued onto even greater acclaim after she died, the institutions of publishing and literary criticism had a vested interest in presenting her as a madwoman, to protect and sanction Hughes.
Jul 8, 2024 · Those wanting a primer on reading Plath or a comprehensive biography should look elsewhere to the plethora of extant literature on the enigmatic literary giant. But “Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation” should be seen as supplementary material for those seeking to better understand the circumstances surrounding her final years. ___
Jul 11, 2024 · The letters of Sylvia Plath / edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil. The unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962 / edited by Karen V. Kukil. Biography. Red comet : the short life and blazing art of Sylvia Plath / Heather Clark. Literary Criticism. Sylvia Plath in context / edited by Tracy Brain.
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Jul 9, 2024 · July 9, 2024 Elaine Margolin. There are times a biographer becomes blinded by their own idealizations. But in Emily Van Duyne’s Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation, the reverse is true and her infatuation with Plath seems to bring her more clarity. Perhaps that’s because Van Duyne refuses to let the rules of traditional biography restrict ...
