Sylvia Plath's “The Bell Jar” brought a vivid and eerily rational description of exactly what mental health struggles feel like into the general discussion.

“The Bell Jar,” which was originally published under a pen name at a time when mental illness was heavily stigmatized, paved the way for books such as “Girl, Interrrupted” and “Prozac ...

“The Bell Jar” is a novel about the events of Sylvia Plath’s 20th year: about how she tried to die, and how they stuck her together with glue. It is a fine novel, as bitter and remorseless ...

There's a good reason the bell jar lantern has such an elegant, timeless quality that works so well in many different spaces. With roots in medieval and Renaissance designs, this lantern has ...

A glance at the recent issue of The Minnesota Review: The anti-psychiatry movement and The Bell JarIn a special section on 1950s culture, Maria Farland discusses Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and ...

The Bell Jar project team at UC Santa Cruz: from left to right are postdoc Richard Dickson, graduate student Matthew Jacobs, Alec Soronow, and Euiseok Kim. (Photo by Carolyn Lagatutta) UC Santa Cruz ...

The publishers of an anniversary edition of Sylvia Plath’s only novel, a painful account of depression that mirrored the author’s own before her suicide, stand accused of repackaging it as ...

It’s Time We Had A Talk About “The Bell Jar,” the White Feminist, Racist Literary Icon White feminists perpetuate racism through fetishization, erasure and outright mockery, three issues ...

A rare, uncorrected proof of Sylvia Plath’s classic The Bell Jar is going up for auction in England. The auction will take place June 24, which gives interested parties less than a month to ...

“The Bell Jar” culminates with Esther’s suicide attempt and then life-saving shock therapy at a mental institution. Off the page, “The Bell Jar” is Sylvia Plath’s story.

"The Bell Jar" provided an emotional context for a country I found alluring as a teenager growing up abroad.