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The themes in Sylvia Plath's novel, The Bell Jar, are the closely interwoven concerns of identity.

"To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream." Quote from Esther Greenwood, main character of The Bell Jar

Esther Greenwood desperately searches for purity in a world that is anything but pure. The disillusionment she suffers antagonizes her eventual mental collapse.

The Bell Jar was to be Sylvia Plath's last written outing. Hailed a classic, its a shame Plath didn't live long enough to enjoy its success.

To understand what happens in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath you need to know how all the characters compliment or contrast with the main character, Esther Greenwood.

To understand what happens in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath you need to know how all the characters compliment or contrast with the main character Esther Greenwood.

To understand what happens in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath you need to know how all the characters compliment or contrast with the main character Esther Greenwood.

The point of view in Sylvia Plath's novel, The Bell Jar, is an essential element in understanding the story.

Love her or hate her, Elizabeth Wurtzel's autobiographical novel became an instant global phenomenon on its release in 1994.

Sylvia Plath's novel, The Bell Jar, is a semi-autobiographical account of a young woman's descent into madness and return to normal life.

Sylvia Plath takes the bildungsroman novel, which is typically a young man's journey to discover his place in society, and accommodates to the feminist position.

Esther Greenwood is the protagonist in Sylvia Plath's first and only novel, The Bell Jar.

Examining the symbols of birth and rebirth in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

Sylvia Plath was born October 27, 1932, in Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts. Plath is Poetry's October poet. This article focuses on Plath's poem, "Lady Lazarus."

Life and work of Sylvia Plath, best-known for her poetry and poems despite controversy due to her suicide.

Imagine Me & You finds its way to DVD June 27th, 2006 amongst Annapolis and a slew of foreign Film and TV releases

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Organic gardening is even more fun when it's free.

Two universities, each subdivided into many colleges - spire inspirations for many writers and works of fantasy...fatal, freakish, and fairytale stories from Oxbridge.

Why is there psychological disorder and distress among female writers? What effect does the New Criticism school of literary thought have on female authors?

The only son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes committed suicide on Monday, March 16th. Nicholas Hughes was 47 and had a history of depression.