Sylvia Plath Essay

quick on their feet. We teach men that women who are idle gossipers talk more than men when in reality we talk less and say topics that have value as well. We teach girls to be second to men, like in “I Won. I’m Sorry.” By Nelson, she mentions Sylvia Plath and how she was happy that her husband got his book published first so that when she got her book published she could have less of a struggle less of a bias angst her. “We generally teach girls subservient habits and boys to exercise…

pleasure of answering his question. I sat through that class refusing to listen to the professor’s monotone voice. It was when the screen displayed the title “Suicide Cases” I started to pay attention. He explained the history of the famous case of Sylvia Plath, which was ruled suicide. During his explanation, I kept getting goosebumps. I left hastily after the professor finished that topic. I went to my dorm room and found Daniel was at his desk skyping his father. He tried to introduce me to…

insight into those suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as some of the other patients residing at McLean psychiatric hospital. The hospital was notorious for it’s somewhat famous visitors the list including but not limited to: Sylvia Plath, John Forbes Nash, Robert Lowell, and singer James Taylor. Susanna spent her time at Mclean beginning in the spring of 1967 and stays for almost two years. A twenty-minute visit to her doctor will be all it takes to land her into McLean…

Coney Island of the Mind (1958)《心灵中的柯尼岛》 Confessional Poetry自白派诗歌 描述诗人自己的真实生活，尤其是一些私密的心理和生理的体验，如性经验、心理痛苦和疾病、试用毒品的感受、自杀冲动等。 Robert Lowell (1917-1977), Life Studies (1959) 获全国图书奖 Allen Ginsberg Ann Sexton (1928-1974), Live or Die (1966)获普利策奖 Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), Collected Poems (1981)获普利策奖 John Berryman (1914-1972), 77 Dream Songs (1964) 获普利策奖 Other Poets Marianne Moore (1887-1972) Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) Gwendolyn Brooks (1917- ) Adrienne Rich (1929- ) Charles Olson…