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TherightofTracyBraintobeidentifiedasauthorof thisWorkhasbeenassertedbyherinaccordance\vith theCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct 1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedin anyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterin vented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorre trievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. Notices Knowledgeandbestpracticeinthisfieldareconstantlychanging.Asnewresearchand experiencebroadenourunderstanding,changesinresearchmethods,professional practices,ormedicaltreatmentmaybecomenecessary. Practitionersandresearchersmustalwaysrelyontheirownexperienceandknowledge inevaluatingandusinganyinformation,methods,compounds,orexperimentsde scribedherein.Inusingsuchinformationormethodstheyshouldbemindfuloftheir ownsafetyandthesafetyofothers,includingpartiesforwhomtheyhaveaprofessional responsibility. Tothefullestextentofthelaw,neitherthePublishernortheauthors,contributors,or editors,assumeanyliabilityforanyinjuryand/ordamagetopersonsorpropertyasa matterofproductsliability,negligenceorotherwise,orfromanyuseoroperationof anymethods,products,instructions,orideascontainedinthematerialherein. ISBN13:978-0-582-32730-6(pbk) BritishLibraryCataloguing-iN-PublicationData Acataloguerecordforthisbookcanbeobtainedfrol11theBritishLibrary LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Brain,Tracy TheOtherSylviaPlath/TracyBrain p.enl.--(Longt11anstudiesint\ventieth-eenturyliterature) Includesbibliographicalreferences (p.)andindex. ISBN0-582-32730-X(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Plath,Sylvia--Critieisnlandinterpretation. 2.WOl11enandliterature--United States--History--20thcentury. I.Title.II.Series. PS3566.L27Z58272001 811'.54--dc21 00-061498 Setby7in 11/13Bembo CONTENTS ~ifm~ ffi Acknoudedge111ents IX CHAPTER l:THEOUTLINE OFTHE WORLD COMES CLEAR 1 Packaging Sylvia Plath 1 Where is Sylvia Plath? 12 The Plath Archives 22 Dearly Beloved 31 CHAPTER 2: STRADDLINGTHE ATLANTIC 45 Your Puddle-Jumping Daughter 45 Plath OurCompatriot 50 Where AreWe? 59 Alienation and Belonging inthe Bee Poems 69 The ForeignerWithin 74 CHAPTER 3: PLATH'S ENVIRONMENTALISM 84 Background 84 Prose 91 Circulating Venom 105 The Complicationsof Masculinity 119 DoYou Do No Harm? 128 CHAPTER 4:THE ORIGINS OF THE BELL JAR 141 Bronte,Woolf and Plath 141 A Comparison 142 CONTENTS The Legacy 145 Woolf and The BellJar 147 RethInkIng BuddyWIllard 151 The MIsunderstood Mother and The BellJar ManuscrIpts 153 SylvIa Plath's Villette 155 CHAPTER 5: AWAY OF GETTING THE POEMS 176 The CritIcs on Hughes and Plath 177 Hughes's Story 180 The RecIprocIty of Influencebetween Plath and Hughes 191 The QuestIon ofthe ConfessIonal 194 Before BIrthdayLetters 197 Textual Relationshipsand Poetic Conversations 200 BleedingThroughthe Page 203 The Future 207 Bibliography 218 Index 231 VI LIST OF PLATES Plate 1 \Electric refrigerators, ranges andother appliancesare made by Frigidaire Division.' Plate 2 A picture of apink dream of a kitchen. Plate 3 A picture ofawhitedream of a kitchen. Plate4 Advertisementfor aprinter. VI I This page intentionally left blank ACI<NOWLEDGEM ENTS I am grateful to the BritishAcademy for agenerous research grant that allo\ved me to \vork in the Plath archives during the summerof1998. This book o\ves its existence to the encouragement and sensitive editorial support given by Liz Mann,who commissioned it,to the fine scholarship and advice of Stan Smith as series editor, and to the continued editorial support of Casey Mein, Paula Parish and Katy Coutts.Philip Gross, Gavin Cologne-Brookes and Colin Ed\vards have given me valuable feedback on drafts ofthis \\Tork. I am grateful to the Humanities Faculty atBath SpaUniversity College for freeing me from some ofmy teaching so I could \vrite,and especially to Neil Sammells andJeffRodman. Students ofmy Sylvia Plath course have contributed immeasurably to this book. The Curators and Librarians in Smith College's Mortimer Rare Book Room and Indiana University's Lilly Library offered advice, practical help and kindness that \vent beyond the call ofprofessional duty. Karen Kukil,Associate Curator ofRare Books at Smith College, deserves special thanks for her time and kno\vledge. So do Martin Antonetti, the Curator ofRare Books at Smith, and Elizabeth Po\vers and HelenaWalsh at the Lilly Library. Terry Gifford offered unasked-for assistance. Chas was there when this started. Stuart Laing has continued to offer support and encourage ment.Richard Kerridge's love,support andintelligence have helped me in so many \vays. I could not have done this \vithout my parents; to name the "vays they have helped me \vould take a"vhole book. All published materials used in the \vriting ofthis book are listed in the Bibliography at the end. Endnotes for each instance of quotation appear at the end ofthe relevant chapter. I have listed only essential details in each endnote,\vhile makingit clear and easy for the reader to consult the Bibliography for fuller publication details. Unless othenvise stated in the endnote, all quotations from Plath's books are fronl the English editions publishedby Faber and Faber. IX

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