The Bell Jar
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.
Listen to this episode (43 minutes)
Links
- 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.
