Supplemental Titles about Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar and Her Other Works
Biographies, a Video Documentary and a Poetry Collection Based on Plath’s Biography
Alexander, Paul. Rough Magic: A Biography of Sylvia Plath
Bate, Jonathan. Ted Hughes: The Unauthorized Life
Butscher, Edward, Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness
Clark, Heather. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
—-, Sylvia Plath: A Very Short Introduction
Crowther, Gail and Peter K. Steinberg. These Ghostly Archives: The Unearthing of Sylvia Plath
Hughes, Ted. Birthday Letters: Poems
Kirk, Connie Ann. Sylvia Plath: A Biography
Middlebrook, Diane Wood. Her Husband: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath—A Marriage
Rollyson, Carl. The Last Days of Sylvia Plath
—-, The Making of Sylvia Plath
Sigmond, Elizabeth and Gail Crowder. Sylvia Plath in Devon: A Year’s Turning
Spivak, Kathleen. With Robert Lowell & His Circle: Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Elizabeth Bishop, Stanley Kunitz, and Others
Stevenson, Anne. Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath
“Sylvia Plath,” The Poetry Foundation
Wilson, Andrew. Mad Girl’s Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted
Winder, Elizabeth. Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
BBC Documentary. Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar
Journals and Letters
Plath, Sylvia. The Journals of Sylvia Plath, foreword by Ted Hughes
—-, Letters Home: Correspondence 1950-1963, edited by Aurelia Schober Plath
—-, The Letters of Sylvia Plath: Volume I 1940-1956, edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
—-, The Letters of Sylvia Plath: Volume II 1956-1963, edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
—-, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, edited by Karen V. Kukil
Scholarly Works
Axelrod, Steven Gould. Sylvia Plath: The Wound and the Cure of Words
Brain, Tracy. The Other Sylvia Plath
Budick, E. Miller. “The Feminist Discourse of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar,” College English
Bryfonski, Dedria. Depression in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
Cordova, Justin C. and James B. Young. “Lady Lazarus: An Insight into the Suicidality of Sylvia Plath,” Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
Dunkle, Iris Jamahal. “Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar: Understanding Cultural and Historical Context in an Iconic Text,” Critical Insights
Perloff, Marjorie G. “‘A Ritual for Being Born Twice’: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar,” Contemporary Literature
Representing Sylvia Plath, edited by Sally Bayley and Tracy Brain
Smith, Caroline. “‘The Feeding of Young Women’": Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, Mademoiselle Magazine, and the Domestic Ideal,” College Literature
Sylvia Plath in Context, edited by Tracy Brain
Sylvia Plath: New Views on Poetry, edited by Gary Lane.
The Unraveling Archive: Essays on Sylvia Plath, edited by Anita Helle
Van Duyne, Emily. Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
Wagner, Erica. “Ariel’s Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the Story of Birthday Letters”
News and Magazine Articles
Gould, Emily. “The Bell Jar at 40,” The Poetry Foundation
Jordison, Sam. “Sylvia Plath ‘Didn’t Want Her Mother to Know She Wrote The Bell Jar,” The Guardian
Lasota, Catherine. “Late to the Party: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar,” Electric Lit
Savio, Michael. “The Bell Jar Is For Sad Boys Too,” Paste
Torres, Brandon. “Descent into Insanity: Life under “The Bell Jar” of Sylvia Plath,” The Phoenix
Van Duyne, Emily. “No One Gets Sylvia Plath,” Literary Hub
White, Hannah. “Reflections in The Bell Jar: Esther Greenwood as Sylvia Plath,” Literary Traveler
Winterson, Jeanette, Jacqueline Rose, Lionel Shriver, Margaret Drabble, et. al. “Sylvia Plath: Reflections on Her Legacy,” The Guardian
Yu, Jessica, Zahn Mei . “I Grew Up Loving The Bell Jar. Then I noticed how Sylvia Plath Wrote about People that Looked Like Me,” The Guardian
Other Works by Sylvia Plath
Poetry
Ariel: Poems, foreword by Robert Lowell
Ariel: The Restored Edition, foreword by Frieda Hughes
The Collected Poems, edited by and foreword from Ted Hughes
Plath: Poems, selected by Diane Wood Middlebrook
Crossing the Water: Transitional Poems
Short Fiction and Prose
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story
For Children