Aurelia Plath Biography

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Showing posts with label aurelia plath letters home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aurelia plath letters home. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 6, 2023

"I Am More Myself in Letters"

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Sylvia Plath was under uniquely monstrous pressure to write happy, reassuring letters home, right? Dearest Father and Mother! . . . Cable m...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Oh, Aurelia. Auschwitz? Really?

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Sylvia Plath wrote on August 16, 1960, to her mother, Aurelia: As you were reading your World War II book about Colditz and Aurelia altered ...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Sylvia Plath Quotations From "Letters Home"

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"Simply gutted of all strength and energy. I wear about five sweaters and wool pants and knee socks and can't stop my teeth chatter...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Why Was Sylvia Plath Shut Out From Harvard Summer School?

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Sylvia Plath’s summer 1953 breakdown and suicide attempt are said to have hinged on being denied admission to author Frank O’Connor’s short-...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Sylvia Plath and Speedwriting

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c. 1960s Sylvia Plath did learn a form of shorthand -- "Speedwriting," the "cn u rd ths" note-taking system invented...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

Sylvia Was Fat? No, It Was Assia

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Seeking reviews of Letters Home I found in the Sydney (AU) Morning Herald , April 3, 1976, page 18, a review by novelist Jill Neville title...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Aurelia's Marginal Notes: Some Stats

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There are 1,934 pieces of correspondence in the Lilly Library's Sylvia Plath archive. Since posting here in 2013 I have updated in detai...
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