Sylvia Plath and how mental illness is romanticized

Her poetry has seeped into all forms of culture and you just cannot talk poetry without mentioning Sylvia Plath. But in what way? The circumstances of her death opened doors to misinterpretation of her life…

THE BELL JAR- SYLVIA PLATH (1963)

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am.”   The Bell Jar is an unusual novel bottled with every emotion you can think of.