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3 de mai. de 2024 · 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
Há 1 dia · Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar" emerges as a cornerstone in feminist literature delving deeply into the challenges encountered by women during the 1950s. Our protagonist, Esther started to show symptoms of clinical depression after she won a big internship in New York City – a milestone typically regarded as a highly respected achievement.
Há 4 dias · At the height of academic excellence and other personal wins, Esther Greenwood’s promising future threatens to fall apart as her mind begins to shatter. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath explores what it’s like for a young woman to have a mental health episode in the 1950s’.
9 de mai. de 2024 · With the knowledge of her imminent suicide, reading The Bell Jar and her journal entries is like retracing of a map of her life. Her early works depict her mental illness and her attempts to treat it; as we move on to the poems written in the months leading up to her death, “Daddy” and “Lady Lazarus” shed light on her ...
Há 6 dias · The Bell Jar, única novela de la autora publicada en 1963 en Londres, ha sido de particular interés para la crítica por su carácter autobiográfico y por haber visto la luz semanas antes del suicidio de Plath, el cual la volvió famosa en Inglaterra y, posteriormente, en su país natal —en el cual había tenido una recepción menos entusiasta hasta e...
Há 3 dias · Plath herself was pointedly overwhelmed by choice: “I wanted each and every one of [the figs], but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black,” she writes in The Bell Jar.
26 de abr. de 2024 · Sylvia Plath. Weeks before her death by suicide, Sylvia Plath (1932 – 1963) received rejections for the publication of her semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar. Editors explained that the first chapters were dazzling, while the second half, depicting darker themes, provoked feelings of discomfort.
