Title: Depression in Sylvia Plath's The bell jar /
Authors: Bryfonski, Dedria.
Publisher: Greenhaven Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Plath, Sylvia.; Depression, Mental, in literature.
Abstract: Essays dealing with Sylvia Plath and depression and her novel The Bell Jar.
Contents: The life of Sylvia Plath / Timothy Materer -- Sylvia Plath was the personification of American literature / Ted Hughes, as told to Drue Heinz -- Sylvia Plath was a shining intellect and a superb student / Dorothea Krook -- Sylvia Plath's depression was inherited / Jane Feinmann -- Sylvia Plath's retelling of her mental breakdown lacks power and emotion / Saul Maloff -- Plath uses literary doubles to depict the anguish of her schizophrenia / Gordon Lameyer -- Illness pervades The Bell Jar / Howard Moss -- The ending of The Bell Jar is cautiously optimistic / Caroline King Barnard -- The Bell Jar examines the public and private worlds of madness / Mason Harris -- The Bell Jar relates a girl's search for identity / Marjorie G. Perloff -- The Bell Jar chronicles a search for authenticity / Susan Coyle -- The Bell Jar illustrates women's limited options / Mary Allen -- The Bell Jar is the story of Sylvia Plath's mental breakdown / Linda Wagner-Martin -- Both depression and a risk factor for suicide run in families / Paul Fink -- Perfectionism in gifted teenagers can be deadly / Laurie Hyatt -- Unrealistic pressures and a lack of societal safeguards cause depression in teenage girls / Maxine Frith -- Hard questions to ask after a cry for help / Perri Klass.