Slyvia Plath

Presented by Dani Stoe

   Though often viewed as either a feminist martyr or a tragic heroine, Sylvia Plath was in truth neither and at the same time, a bit of both. While it is certainly true that her madness was most likely driven over the edge by her husband's general scorn for women, she was no martyr for feminism. She was also not quite the doomed lunatic that some would say she was. Plath was the author famously known for the novel The Bell Jar, as well as poems such as Ariel. Collections of her poetry were published after her death. They include Crossing the Water, Winter Trees, and The Collected Poems, which won the Pulitzer Prize.

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