“The Bell Jar” culminates with Esther’s suicide attempt and then life-saving shock therapy at a mental institution. Off the page, “The Bell Jar” is Sylvia Plath’s story. Dec. 2, 2023 ...

Bell jar lanterns in 18th-century England. Most homes in 18th-century England were dark and gloomy, as lighting was either generated from an open fire or candlelight.

The Bell Jar is a classic that inspires so much more joy that its reputation lets on. Yes, it is an unflinching look at mental illness. But it ends with hope, not despair.

And although Dunst’s “The Bell Jar” will be her feature directorial debut, it won’t mark her first turn behind the camera — she’s already got two shorts, “Welcome” and “Bastard ...

“The Bell Jar,” Plath’s semi-autobiographical account of the psychological unraveling of a talented college student, is so political in places that it almost seems the mirror image of “The ...

A copy of The Bell Jar has gathered dust on my bookshelf for at least a decade—that old Bantam paperback, with a black-gloved, feminine hand and a dark, dying rose melodramatically unfurling on ...

A glance at the recent issue of The Minnesota Review: The anti-psychiatry movement and The Bell JarIn a special section on 1950s culture, Maria Farland discusses Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and ...

The Bell Jar has had more than a dozen covers. The most famous, 1966 edition features a graphic arrangement of concentric circles.

Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar is a masterpiece — and one of my favorite books. The novel, loosely based on Plath's own life, is about Esther Greenwood, whose descent into mental illness ...