Voices & Visions
By Sylvia Plath
1988
First Published
4.53
Average Rating
300
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...(1932-1983) Archival recordings chronicle Plath's career, and critics discuss the complex relationship between her life and her powerful, disturbing work.
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Author
Sylvia Plath
Author · 47 books
Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The book's protagonist, Esther Greenwood, is a bright, ambitious student at Smith College who begins to experience a mental breakdown while interning for a fashion magazine in New York. The plot parallels Plath's experience interning at Mademoiselle magazine and subsequent mental breakdown and suicide attempt.
