There are many possible lives we could live but the use of Plath’s fig analogy to explore this idea is not quite right.

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.

The Bell Jar is being adapted for the big screen with Kirsten Dunst as the director and Dakota Fanning rumored to star. On the one hand, that's amazing news for fans of Sylvia Plath's classic ...

SYLVIA Plath’s The Bell Jar has gone down in history as a novel that was light-years ahead of its time. The only novel written by the troubled poet before her untimely death in 1963, The Bel… ...

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.

But it was in The Bell Jar that she used the detailed landscape of a novel to look bravely at her illness, and she compelled readers to look with her. Flash-forward several decades.

Among other things, The Bell Jar gives us an insight into the America of the 50s, and the values which continued to be held sacred by middle-class families even during what we think of as “the ...

The Bell Jar is a stunning portrayal of a young woman looking for her identity in a male-dominated-society and a brave attempt by Sylvia Plath to face her own demons. Fabiha Noshin is a contributor.

“The Bell Jar,” which was originally published under a pen name at a time when mental illness was heavily stigmatized, paved the way for books such as “Girl, Interrrupted” and “Prozac ...