Well, I think I'm naturally attracted to any writer who can face the desolation and desperation of madness and a hateful, ugly world with a cool perspective....
Well, of course though, in some cases, being honest doesn't mean crap. Some people can be as honest as humanly possible, and they still might suck. Heh. But...
Hi everyone, I am new. My name is Jaimie and I am a librarian in NJ. Wondering if there are any other Jersey people here? I am actually reading Lover of...
Hi, Jaimie, Thanks so much for your review of Lover of Unreason. I'm definitely encouraged to check it out! Jane Hanudel (N. C.) ... From: allthatvelma To:...
Has anyone heard the idea that Syliva Plath took Emerson's idea that Nature is good and we're in Nature, and inverted the idea to say that Nature is evil and...
... Though I had never considered Plath's poetry in that context, Emerson [wa][i]s capable of eliciting > and opposite philosophical reactions, not to mention ...
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Not to my knowledge. gabriel "jill.pond" <jill.pond@...> wrote: Has anyone heard the idea that Syliva Plath took Emerson's idea that Nature is good and...
Emerson insisted on integrating the soul into the `not me' (both nature and art, other people and my own body).One way Emerson did this was by becoming a...
Hello everyone, I'm Sara from italy.Since I've just finished my thesis about Plath I could say that Emerson wanted to integrate the *not me* (=nature) into the...
Hi Sara, I'm familiar with Tim Kendall. Is there another individual who writes about the connection between Plath and Emerson? May I discuss with you something...
My friend, Chris, offered this answer to the question of the apparent contradiction between Plath's drive to be published and her notion of Nature as Evil. ...
Of course at the and she wanted to be so objective as her beloved white Goddess ... no matter what people would say. She was a genius, and wanted to go...
Hello Jill Pond, And thanks for giving a group jag. I am off line for a week and when I get back on, there is a Blessing of E.mails from the group. (I don't...
Hi Sara, I don't believe that Plath felt that she had achieved an identification with something greater than herself. She defined her condition that she found...
RECOVERY IS CONFORMITY Plath wrote this comment in her journal. So what does it mean? It suggests a resignation to the blackness of individual novelty, and its...
RECOVERY IS CONFORMITY – a straightforward equation for its time (and even ours): Nonconformity was/is treated as a "sickness" and broadly considered (though...
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It's a trade-off, I suppose. If you want to belong in "normal" society, you often have to sacrifice a few things. It was worse during Plath's time, but you do...
Happy new year to everyone, belated, but none the less heart felt. First of all, define conformity. As we travel the road of life conformity is what supplies...
Hello folks...new to the list. Just finished reading The Bell Jar for the first time, and I'm puzzled by one small detail in the episode with Irwin in chapter...
I always assumed it was because one usually enters a certain degree of more pronounced sexual awareness when they become a teenager, which is around thirteen,...
We have to put ourselves in her time. The hysteria today over child protection to maintain what's left of an illusory sense of "moral order" in postmodernity...
That's an interesting thought. I like that. gabriel see you space cowboy ... From: Jill Pond <jill.pond@...> Subject: [sylviaplath] Defending virginity ...
The New York Times pieces are not as reflective as one might have wished, but an interesting tribute nonetheless. -- Stephanie D. ...
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Kurt Cobain has this profile: perspective - objective: he sees himself as a loser. method - agonistic: there is an eternal, irreconciable conflict between ...
I was wondering what had happened to this... Can someone provide an update about list status and management? Stephanie -- Dall & Associates 6700 Freeport...
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Absolutely fascinating. It's strange to think that it's been almost fifty years. Thanks for sharing this. It was surprisingly insightful on most fronts. I was...