1 hr 38 min
8. Sylvia Plath: The Oven Suicides, Part 1 Crime Scholar
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- True Crime
Some people best know Sylvia Plath for her unusual mode of suicide; others remember her for as one of the first authors to write openly about her own mental illness. But there's even more to her than that: the early loss of her father, the obsessive desire to be an over-achiever, that time she made national news as a missing person, the desire to find a 'perfect' husband, and the wild betrayal she felt when that perfect husband had an affair. But what exactly caused the author of THE BELL JAR to kill herself at age 30?
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Host: Paris Brown
Produced, written, & edited by: Paris Brown
Music by: Dr. Frankenstein. "Theme for 'The Mad Thinker'" from *The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein's Lab*, 2005
and by
Punch Deck. "Oppressive Ambiance," 2018, under a Creative Commons attribution license.
Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner (nathalierattnerart@gmail.com); IG: https://www.instagram.com/nathalie_rattner/.
Logo lettering by: St. Anchor Graphics; IG: https://www.instagram.com/st.anchor/.
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SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED READING:
Axelrod, Steven Gould. Sylvia Plath: The Wound and the Cure of Words. Johns Hopkins UP, 1990.
“Beautiful Smith Girl Missing at Wellesley.” The Boston Daily Globe. 25 Aug. 1953, pp. 1, 9.
Bolick, Kate. “Who Bought Sylvia Plath’s Stuff?” The New York Times, 21 Apr 2018.
Callahan, Michael. “Sorority on E. 63rd St.” Vanity Fair, Apr. 2010.
Frank, Leonard Roy. “Psychiatry’s Unholy Trinity—Fraud, Fear, and Force: A Personal Account.” The Freeman vol. 52, iss. 11. 2002.
Hayman, Ronald. The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath. Heinemann, 1991.
Kean, Danuta. “Unseen Sylvia Plath Letters Claim Domestic Abuse by Ted Hughes.” The Guardian, 11 Apr 2017.
Koren, Yehuda and Eilat Negev. A Lover of Unreason: The Life and Tragic Death of Assia Wevill. Robson Books, 2006.
Malcolm, Janet. The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Middlebrook, Diane. Her Husband: Hughes and Plath—A Marriage. Viking, 2003.
“Missing Co-ed Found.” Chicago Daily Tribune. 27 Aug. 1953, p. 5.
Nodelman, Ellen Bartlett and Amanda Golden. “Recollections of Mrs. Hughes’s Student.” Plath Profiles vol. 5 (2012), pp. 125-39.
Plath, Sylvia. “Daddy.” BBC Third Programme. Sep 1962.
—. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Knopf Doubleday, 2007.
“Safety Valves for Antique Stoves.” The Antique Stove Communiqué. http://www.antiquestoves.com/toac/Communique/CommuniqueSafetyValves.html
Summerscale, Kate. “My Father was Not a Monster, Says Daughter of Ted Hughes.” The Telegraph, 15 Nov 2004.
Wagner-Martin, Linda. Sylvia Plath: A Biography. Simon and Schuster, 1987
Wilson, Jamie. “Frieda Hughes Attacks BBC for Film on Plath.” The Guardian, 3 Feb 2003.
Winder, Elizabeth. Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953. Harper Collins, 2013.
Some people best know Sylvia Plath for her unusual mode of suicide; others remember her for as one of the first authors to write openly about her own mental illness. But there's even more to her than that: the early loss of her father, the obsessive desire to be an over-achiever, that time she made national news as a missing person, the desire to find a 'perfect' husband, and the wild betrayal she felt when that perfect husband had an affair. But what exactly caused the author of THE BELL JAR to kill herself at age 30?
If you like this episode, please subscribe and rate us with 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher.
Host: Paris Brown
Produced, written, & edited by: Paris Brown
Music by: Dr. Frankenstein. "Theme for 'The Mad Thinker'" from *The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein's Lab*, 2005
and by
Punch Deck. "Oppressive Ambiance," 2018, under a Creative Commons attribution license.
Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner (nathalierattnerart@gmail.com); IG: https://www.instagram.com/nathalie_rattner/.
Logo lettering by: St. Anchor Graphics; IG: https://www.instagram.com/st.anchor/.
Podcast website: https://classafelons.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/classafelonsbfilmsccups/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/classafelons_bfilms_ccups/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClassAFelons
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1pCbEOJgqMbHFDiP6DetQw/videos?view_as=public
Reddit discussion group: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassAFelons/
SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED READING:
Axelrod, Steven Gould. Sylvia Plath: The Wound and the Cure of Words. Johns Hopkins UP, 1990.
“Beautiful Smith Girl Missing at Wellesley.” The Boston Daily Globe. 25 Aug. 1953, pp. 1, 9.
Bolick, Kate. “Who Bought Sylvia Plath’s Stuff?” The New York Times, 21 Apr 2018.
Callahan, Michael. “Sorority on E. 63rd St.” Vanity Fair, Apr. 2010.
Frank, Leonard Roy. “Psychiatry’s Unholy Trinity—Fraud, Fear, and Force: A Personal Account.” The Freeman vol. 52, iss. 11. 2002.
Hayman, Ronald. The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath. Heinemann, 1991.
Kean, Danuta. “Unseen Sylvia Plath Letters Claim Domestic Abuse by Ted Hughes.” The Guardian, 11 Apr 2017.
Koren, Yehuda and Eilat Negev. A Lover of Unreason: The Life and Tragic Death of Assia Wevill. Robson Books, 2006.
Malcolm, Janet. The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Middlebrook, Diane. Her Husband: Hughes and Plath—A Marriage. Viking, 2003.
“Missing Co-ed Found.” Chicago Daily Tribune. 27 Aug. 1953, p. 5.
Nodelman, Ellen Bartlett and Amanda Golden. “Recollections of Mrs. Hughes’s Student.” Plath Profiles vol. 5 (2012), pp. 125-39.
Plath, Sylvia. “Daddy.” BBC Third Programme. Sep 1962.
—. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Knopf Doubleday, 2007.
“Safety Valves for Antique Stoves.” The Antique Stove Communiqué. http://www.antiquestoves.com/toac/Communique/CommuniqueSafetyValves.html
Summerscale, Kate. “My Father was Not a Monster, Says Daughter of Ted Hughes.” The Telegraph, 15 Nov 2004.
Wagner-Martin, Linda. Sylvia Plath: A Biography. Simon and Schuster, 1987
Wilson, Jamie. “Frieda Hughes Attacks BBC for Film on Plath.” The Guardian, 3 Feb 2003.
Winder, Elizabeth. Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953. Harper Collins, 2013.
1 hr 38 min