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Hace 6 días · The Bell Jar is a novel about mental illnesses, female independence, families, and so much more. It follows 19-year-old Esther Greenwood, an overachiever in almost every aspect of her life who yearns to be a poet and escape the expectations of what a 1950s American woman should be like.
30 de may. de 2024 · 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 el momento.
26 de may. de 2024 · Plath, Sylvia [Victoria Lucas]. The Bell Jar. London: Heinemann, 1963. From the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature.
Hace 22 horas · The Bell Jar was published in January 1963, when Sylvia Plath was thirty. She had two small children, was separated from her husband, (who was living with a pregnant mistress), she wasn’t making money on her writing; she had a string of illnesses, and she was despondent over the sales of her first novel.
15 de may. de 2024 · The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath explores what it’s like for a young woman to have a mental health episode in the 1950s’. The novel picks up towards the end of Esther’s internship at a magazine in New York. This internship is a coveted opportunity and has launched the careers of many women who came before her.
22 de may. de 2024 · Sylvia Plath — ‘I didn’t want any flowers, I only wantedto lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty.How free it is, you have no idea how free.’.
31 de may. de 2024 · The Bell Jar tells the story of Esther Greenwood, a talented young writer who has just secured an internship at a New York fashion magazine. But although trying her best to fit in, she finds herself adrift in the big city, unable to fit into the limiting gender roles of her time. Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown ...
