The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Sylvia Plath (1932-63), published in February 1963, shortly before her death.

On the page, “The Bell Jar” tells the story of Esther Greenwood, a high-achieving college student from Massachusetts who has been selected to spend a summer in New York City working at the prestigious ...

Dunst had been leaving a few clues when she spoke before about her plans. She was adapting a book set in the 1950s “that most women have read”, she told Indiewire last year. She is only too well aware ...

What does the metaphor of the bell jar reveal about the life and work of Sylvia Plath ’55? Associate Professor of Anthropology Colin Hoag and his students have been exploring that question in a ...

There is a reason it is a modern classic and an enduring rite of passage for generations of women. Emily Van Duyne, Plath expert and author of the upcoming book “Loving Sylvia Plath” explains that the ...

There is a reason it is a modern classic and an enduring rite of passage for generations of women. Emily Van Duyne, Plath expert and author of the upcoming book “Loving Sylvia Plath” explains that the ...