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Sophomore Lit 123: The Bell Jar

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English - January 01, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 17.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratings
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New Year’s is a time for optimism, but instead Christy Admiraal discusses Sylvia Plath’s 1963 roman à clef, the Bell Jar. Also, John totally gets the dates wrong for this book’s complicated publishing history.

Host John McCoy with Christy Admiraal.

New Year’s is a time for optimism, but instead Christy Admiraal discusses Sylvia Plath’s 1963 roman à clef, the Bell Jar. Also, John totally gets the dates wrong for this book’s complicated publishing history.

Host John McCoy with Christy Admiraal

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Wikipedia entry on the Bell Jar



The book was first published in the UK 1963 under a pseudonym, then in 1967 in the UK under Plath’s name, and then in 1971 in the US.