First U.S. Publication A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time. Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, more fully revealing the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons. The complete Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work. First U.S. Publication A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time. Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, more fully revealing the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons. The complete Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work.

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther s breakdown with such intensity that Esther s insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under--maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experiece as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under--maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experiece as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.

This outstanding biography presents the facts of Plath's life as they are known in the 21st century. The research for this biography uitilizes the latest updated scholarship including new information released in the unabridged journals published in 2000 and the newly accessible Ted Hughes archives. In addition to this primary research, conducted in part at Smith College, Kirk also provides new insights and perspectives from original interview material with a Plath contemporary who personally knew her. Whether read for a school assignment or for personal interest, this highly readable biography offers an accessible alternative to the density of Plath scholarship. Readers who wish to pursue the topic further will find an extensive bibliography of biographical and critical sources, a full list of Plath's writings, an appendix of her own literary holdings, and another appendix of her family tree.

《钟罩》是美国著名的当代女诗人、女作家，1982年普利策诗歌奖得主西尔维娅•普拉斯的一部自传体小说，也是她唯一的一部长篇小说，被美国文学界视为当代文学经典。小说截取了作者本人短短一生中极富戏剧性的一幕：1953年夏，二十岁的普拉斯收获了写作生涯的第一份殊荣，在某时尚杂志举办的全国小说竞赛中荣获大奖，但她刚刚享受完前往纽约的荣誉之旅，却旋即陷入了抑郁症与精神失常的漩涡，一度自杀未遂，在随后的短短一年中经历了从璀璨的领奖台到阴森的精神病院、从生到死再得以复生的惊涛骇浪。与许多用词如呓语的后现代小说完全相反，这样一部描写“疯狂”的作品文字却十分流畅诗意，简洁传神，毫无故弄玄虚之处，主人公看似“失常”的内心自白与人物观察甚至极富洞察力、黑色幽默与美感。正如某评论所言，在这部作品中“普拉斯用高超的技法将读者一步步引入主人公的精神崩溃之中，其情感的强度与热度使她的精神失常成为一种可以触摸、甚至是可以理解的真实——这样的阅读体验堪称电影级的。”两个要素成就了这样一部特殊的杰作：第一，普拉斯本人真实经历了这样一段魔鬼旅程并且最终恢复了心智，从未经历疯狂的常人和彻底的疯子都绝无可能描绘出这样非凡的情感；第二，普拉斯的确极具语言天赋，八岁写诗，十几岁时发表多首诗作。她的语言驾驭与塑造才能无疑是天才级的。 五十年代的美国被视为二战后的一个黄金时代，经济繁荣，社会安定，整个美国社会的生活方式与思想观念快速趋同，中产阶级迅速扩大。这是一个常人的乐园，但却是普拉斯这样的天才的地狱。常人看来理所当然的观念、信仰与追求对于天才只可能是乏味透顶的，庸俗的，愚蠢的；可迫于生计，她却又不得不努力在这样一个令她反感的世界中谋得一席之地，融入芸芸众生之中，尤其是对于普拉斯（也就是小说主人公）这样的寒门子弟来说。这样一个千人一面的世界对于普拉斯来说无疑是一个令她窒息的“钟罩”，因为她的敏锐洞察与完美主义的情感追求超出了大众的理解能力，在这样一个世界里只能一次次碰壁，犹如蝴蝶徒劳地撞向那只无形的玻璃罩。

A vulnerable young girl wins a dream assignment on a big-time New York fashion magazine and finds herself plunged into a nightmare. An autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath's own mental breakdown and suicide attempt, The Bell Jar is more than a confessional novel, it is a comic but painful statement of what happens to a woman's aspirations in a society that refuses to take them seriously... a society that expects electroshock to cure the despair of a sensitive, questioning young artist whose search for identity becomes a terrifying descent toward madness.

普利策文学奖得主普拉斯精神历程的自白 全优女孩埃斯特成为某时尚杂志征文比赛的获奖者，孰知这是她噩梦的开始…… 人们拒绝认真对待一个女人颤栗的情感，指望通过电休克疗法治愈心灵的绝望。 事实上，她已经令人恐惧地滑向疯狂的深渊。 《钟形罩》出版三周后，三十岁的西尔维娅•普拉斯在伦敦寓所开煤气自杀。

著名美国女诗人西尔维亚·普拉斯特殊精神历程的坦白 全优女孩埃斯特成为某时尚杂志征文比赛的获奖者，谁知这是她噩梦的开始……普拉斯自传体小说《钟型罩》喜剧笔调下的本质是悲剧。人们拒绝认真对待一个女人丰富颤栗的情感，指望通过电休克疗法治愈心灵的绝望。事实上她已经令人恐惧地滑向疯狂的深渊。 普拉斯与另一位杰出诗人休斯的惊世恋情是二十世纪英美诗坛最大的公案，女诗人年近三十岁便自杀身亡，她不曾预知自己会获得普利策奖，作品又极为畅销。虽然本书中“我”最终走出了黑暗，谁又能看透普拉斯本人内心的隐秘？