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禺丕胤乇丕鬲 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲
Paperback. 14,00 / 21,50 cm. In Turkish. 460 p. "Sadece i莽imde susmak istemeyen bir ses oldugu i莽in yaziyorum." - Sylvia Plath "Benim hayatimin amaci ne ve onunla ne halt edecegim? Bilmiyorum ve korkuyorum. Asla istedigim b眉t眉n kitaplari okuyamayacagim; olmak istedigim b眉t眉n insanlar olamayacagim ve yasamak istedigim b眉t眉n hayatlari yasayamayacagim. Kendimi istedigim b眉t眉n becerileri edinecek kadar egitemeyecegim. Bunlari neden istiyorum? Hayatimda m眉mk眉n olan zihinsel ve fiziksel tecr眉belerin t眉m renklerini, tonlarini ve 莽esitlerini tatmak ve hissetmek istiyorum. Ve korkun莽 derecede sinirliyim鈥� Ugrunda yasayacagim 莽ok sey var, yine de anlasilmasi m眉mk眉n olmayacak kadar hasta ve 眉zg眉n眉m." Sadece otuz yil yasadi Sylvia Plath ve bu otuz yila firtinali bir hayat ve unutulmaz eserler sigdirdi. 1963 yilinda hayatina kendi eliyle son vermesinden sonra esi Ted Hughes'un b眉y眉k kismini sans眉rleyerek ilk kez yayimlattigi G眉nl眉kler, yillar sonra 枚zg眉n haliyle yayimlanmisti. Elinizdeki kitap da bu ikinci versiyonun tamamina yakin kismini i莽eriyor. Plath'in hayatinin son on iki yilini kapsayan g眉nl眉kleri onun 枚zelindeki ve edebi alandaki m眉cadelelerini veriyor ve okura onu tanimak i莽in genis pencereler a莽iyor. G眉nl眉kler, bu 枚zg眉n yazari tanimak ve yapitlarini daha iyi anlamak isteyenler i莽in essiz bir basvuru kaynagi, hayranlari i莽in vazge莽ilmez bir basucu kitabi.
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Sylvia Plath
268听books27k听followersSylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the most influential and emotionally powerful authors of the 20th century. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she demonstrated literary talent from an early age, publishing her first poem at the age of eight. Her early life was shaped by the death of her father, Otto Plath, when she was eight years old, a trauma that would profoundly influence her later work.
Plath attended Smith College, where she excelled academically but also struggled privately with depression. In 1953, she survived a suicide attempt, an experience she later fictionalized in her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar. After recovering, she earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Newnham College, Cambridge, in England. While there, she met and married English poet Ted Hughes in 1956. Their relationship was passionate but tumultuous, with tensions exacerbated by personal differences and Hughes's infidelities.
Throughout her life, Plath sought to balance her ambitions as a writer with the demands of marriage and motherhood. She had two children with Hughes, Frieda and Nicholas, and continued to write prolifically. In 1960, her first poetry collection, The Colossus and Other Poems, was published in the United Kingdom. Although it received modest critical attention at the time, it laid the foundation for her distinctive voice鈥攊ntensely personal, often exploring themes of death, rebirth, and female identity.
Plath's marriage unraveled in 1962, leading to a period of intense emotional turmoil but also extraordinary creative output. Living with her two children in London, she wrote many of the poems that would posthumously form Ariel, the collection that would cement her literary legacy. These works, filled with striking imagery and raw emotional force, displayed her ability to turn personal suffering into powerful art. Poems like "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus" remain among her most famous, celebrated for their fierce honesty and technical brilliance.
In early 1963, following a deepening depression, Plath died by suicide at the age of 30. Her death shocked the literary world and sparked a lasting fascination with her life and work. The posthumous publication of Ariel in 1965, edited by Hughes, introduced Plath's later poetry to a wide audience and established her as a major figure in modern literature. Her novel The Bell Jar was also published under her own name shortly after her death, having initially appeared under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas."
Plath鈥檚 work is often classified within the genre of confessional poetry, a style that emphasizes personal and psychological experiences. Her fearless exploration of themes like mental illness, female oppression, and death has resonated with generations of readers and scholars. Over time, Plath has become a feminist icon, though her legacy is complex and occasionally controversial, especially in light of debates over Hughes's role in managing her literary estate and personal history.
Today, Sylvia Plath is remembered not only for her tragic personal story but also for her immense contributions to American and English literature. Her work continues to inspire writers, artists, and readers worldwide. Collections such as Ariel, Crossing the Water, and Winter Trees, as well as her journals and letters, offer deep insight into her creative mind. Sylvia Plath鈥檚 voice, marked by its intensity and emotional clarity, remains one of the most haunting and enduring in modern literature.
Plath attended Smith College, where she excelled academically but also struggled privately with depression. In 1953, she survived a suicide attempt, an experience she later fictionalized in her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar. After recovering, she earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Newnham College, Cambridge, in England. While there, she met and married English poet Ted Hughes in 1956. Their relationship was passionate but tumultuous, with tensions exacerbated by personal differences and Hughes's infidelities.
Throughout her life, Plath sought to balance her ambitions as a writer with the demands of marriage and motherhood. She had two children with Hughes, Frieda and Nicholas, and continued to write prolifically. In 1960, her first poetry collection, The Colossus and Other Poems, was published in the United Kingdom. Although it received modest critical attention at the time, it laid the foundation for her distinctive voice鈥攊ntensely personal, often exploring themes of death, rebirth, and female identity.
Plath's marriage unraveled in 1962, leading to a period of intense emotional turmoil but also extraordinary creative output. Living with her two children in London, she wrote many of the poems that would posthumously form Ariel, the collection that would cement her literary legacy. These works, filled with striking imagery and raw emotional force, displayed her ability to turn personal suffering into powerful art. Poems like "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus" remain among her most famous, celebrated for their fierce honesty and technical brilliance.
In early 1963, following a deepening depression, Plath died by suicide at the age of 30. Her death shocked the literary world and sparked a lasting fascination with her life and work. The posthumous publication of Ariel in 1965, edited by Hughes, introduced Plath's later poetry to a wide audience and established her as a major figure in modern literature. Her novel The Bell Jar was also published under her own name shortly after her death, having initially appeared under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas."
Plath鈥檚 work is often classified within the genre of confessional poetry, a style that emphasizes personal and psychological experiences. Her fearless exploration of themes like mental illness, female oppression, and death has resonated with generations of readers and scholars. Over time, Plath has become a feminist icon, though her legacy is complex and occasionally controversial, especially in light of debates over Hughes's role in managing her literary estate and personal history.
Today, Sylvia Plath is remembered not only for her tragic personal story but also for her immense contributions to American and English literature. Her work continues to inspire writers, artists, and readers worldwide. Collections such as Ariel, Crossing the Water, and Winter Trees, as well as her journals and letters, offer deep insight into her creative mind. Sylvia Plath鈥檚 voice, marked by its intensity and emotional clarity, remains one of the most haunting and enduring in modern literature.
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August 18, 2024
The Problem of Sylvia Plath, Her Poetry, and the Necessity of Her Journals
Because of her suicide at the age of 30, many critics have labeled her either immature or hysterical--while other critics have taken it upon themselves to defend her integrity. Those who have championed her work find they do so at personal cost. Unfortunately, her personal life, and the circumstances surrounding her death have had an adverse effect on how she is read.
Quite instinctively, one knows the implications that may be drawn when acknowledging a liking for her poetry. By announcing your admiration for Plath, you may find yourself under suspicion for morbidity, bad taste, and even doctrinaire feminism.
However, if you believe Plath is one of the more important poets of the 20th century and that she's had a lasting effect on lyric poetry, one cannot deny the import of her work. Although, beware, her work is seen through many lenses. Even admiring lenses can cloud one's judgment.
Many admirers make the mistake of imagining Plath to be a Phaedra--a spurned woman, a dangerous woman, and a victim. But the speaker in her poetry is just as multidimensional as Plath was herself. Despite the fact that she wrote from the emotional realities of her life, one cannot stress enough, how important it is to separate the person from the creative result.
It is because of this confusion between the two, that the Unabridged Journals bear the burden of illumination. They are a significant contribution to our understanding of Plath and Plath scholarship.
The journals allow us to see Plath鈥檚 joyful, backbreaking work. They allow us to see the methodical revisions, the many thoughtful ways in which she crafted her poems. They allow us to see the seams and underpinnings necessary in the making of lasting poetry.
Though Plath's sensibility is dark, and though she twists nature to her own effect, like so many other poets and fiction writers, there is something uncommon about her work and the strength and momentum that builds poem-to-poem. There is a forcefulness of the persona speaking through her work, and then too, there is her strong inclination toward wholeness and harmony; although, many only see the jaded and sardonic undercurrents.
Yet, one of the most important aspects of her work, an aspect that has often been neglected, has to do with the idea of the spirit derailed from its source, and how that spirit is always trying to find its way back to the source. The speaker is constantly in flight, searching for a means of return.
This is the dilemma of the soul. It is the dilemma of the artist in his or her calling, and that spiritual pull between the real world and the state of imagining which becomes, through physical and mental exertion, its own state.
It is because of this that I maintain that Plath was brilliant and that she created her final poems with genius. Her final book, known as Ariel, was a swift achievement. Many of the poems written in the final months of her life were characterized by a propulsion, or forward momentum, a gallop toward an end.
Like Shakespeare鈥檚 Ariel, the spirit of Plath鈥檚 work appears to be driven toward an understanding of enslavement and the necessity of freedom. The work speaks to the alchemy of person-hood and art formation. For Plath, this was a quest for liberation, and a means to end her suffering.
There is a dichotomy between the mechanical and mathematical aspects of poetry and something outside reason. Plath merges form with associative lyricism until the scaffolding of her old style falls away and we are left with Ariel.
To know Plath more closely, one may want to read her journals. They give the reader a glimpse into the ways she worked and into the associative powers of her mind. The journals allow the reader to separate the person from the persona. It gives a sense of the ordinary, and humanizes the writer.
One sees the struggles she endured, in her daily life, as an imperfect person in the pursuit of her art. And it is "One Art," like Bishop's art, in its own way, so precisely crafted and yet as soon as it is mastered鈥攍ost.
Unfortunately, some of her journals went missing or were destroyed. But the journals that remain allow a close reader to see some of her ideas before they appeared in print. They give a sense to how she may have approached her work.
There is no doubt Sylvia Plath's art was a labor of love. Her euphoria and intensity in the creating of it is tangible. It is important to read the journals, and her poetry as it is appears on the page, and to remember, all art is artifice. All true artists create not just a world, but a mythology within which they exist.
Although Plath's mythology may at times be off-putting due to a kind of forcefulness and rancor, it is a distinct voice full of human emotion. The world she creates is recognizable, but only as far as a dream may be recognizable. In truth, what we encounter cannot be Plath herself. Her final poetry is a brilliant invention, prepared by a writer in pursuit of her very best.
It is a visionary form: a reality that seems more real, only because of its extreme divergence. Great poets trick their listeners and readers by making the art form feel more real. Perhaps this was her 鈥渃all,鈥� as Sylvia Plath said so herself. But the call of the reader is to recognize the trick and then to commend the art for brilliant illusions.
Because of her suicide at the age of 30, many critics have labeled her either immature or hysterical--while other critics have taken it upon themselves to defend her integrity. Those who have championed her work find they do so at personal cost. Unfortunately, her personal life, and the circumstances surrounding her death have had an adverse effect on how she is read.
Quite instinctively, one knows the implications that may be drawn when acknowledging a liking for her poetry. By announcing your admiration for Plath, you may find yourself under suspicion for morbidity, bad taste, and even doctrinaire feminism.
However, if you believe Plath is one of the more important poets of the 20th century and that she's had a lasting effect on lyric poetry, one cannot deny the import of her work. Although, beware, her work is seen through many lenses. Even admiring lenses can cloud one's judgment.
Many admirers make the mistake of imagining Plath to be a Phaedra--a spurned woman, a dangerous woman, and a victim. But the speaker in her poetry is just as multidimensional as Plath was herself. Despite the fact that she wrote from the emotional realities of her life, one cannot stress enough, how important it is to separate the person from the creative result.
It is because of this confusion between the two, that the Unabridged Journals bear the burden of illumination. They are a significant contribution to our understanding of Plath and Plath scholarship.
The journals allow us to see Plath鈥檚 joyful, backbreaking work. They allow us to see the methodical revisions, the many thoughtful ways in which she crafted her poems. They allow us to see the seams and underpinnings necessary in the making of lasting poetry.
Though Plath's sensibility is dark, and though she twists nature to her own effect, like so many other poets and fiction writers, there is something uncommon about her work and the strength and momentum that builds poem-to-poem. There is a forcefulness of the persona speaking through her work, and then too, there is her strong inclination toward wholeness and harmony; although, many only see the jaded and sardonic undercurrents.
Yet, one of the most important aspects of her work, an aspect that has often been neglected, has to do with the idea of the spirit derailed from its source, and how that spirit is always trying to find its way back to the source. The speaker is constantly in flight, searching for a means of return.
This is the dilemma of the soul. It is the dilemma of the artist in his or her calling, and that spiritual pull between the real world and the state of imagining which becomes, through physical and mental exertion, its own state.
It is because of this that I maintain that Plath was brilliant and that she created her final poems with genius. Her final book, known as Ariel, was a swift achievement. Many of the poems written in the final months of her life were characterized by a propulsion, or forward momentum, a gallop toward an end.
Like Shakespeare鈥檚 Ariel, the spirit of Plath鈥檚 work appears to be driven toward an understanding of enslavement and the necessity of freedom. The work speaks to the alchemy of person-hood and art formation. For Plath, this was a quest for liberation, and a means to end her suffering.
There is a dichotomy between the mechanical and mathematical aspects of poetry and something outside reason. Plath merges form with associative lyricism until the scaffolding of her old style falls away and we are left with Ariel.
To know Plath more closely, one may want to read her journals. They give the reader a glimpse into the ways she worked and into the associative powers of her mind. The journals allow the reader to separate the person from the persona. It gives a sense of the ordinary, and humanizes the writer.
One sees the struggles she endured, in her daily life, as an imperfect person in the pursuit of her art. And it is "One Art," like Bishop's art, in its own way, so precisely crafted and yet as soon as it is mastered鈥攍ost.
Unfortunately, some of her journals went missing or were destroyed. But the journals that remain allow a close reader to see some of her ideas before they appeared in print. They give a sense to how she may have approached her work.
There is no doubt Sylvia Plath's art was a labor of love. Her euphoria and intensity in the creating of it is tangible. It is important to read the journals, and her poetry as it is appears on the page, and to remember, all art is artifice. All true artists create not just a world, but a mythology within which they exist.
Although Plath's mythology may at times be off-putting due to a kind of forcefulness and rancor, it is a distinct voice full of human emotion. The world she creates is recognizable, but only as far as a dream may be recognizable. In truth, what we encounter cannot be Plath herself. Her final poetry is a brilliant invention, prepared by a writer in pursuit of her very best.
It is a visionary form: a reality that seems more real, only because of its extreme divergence. Great poets trick their listeners and readers by making the art form feel more real. Perhaps this was her 鈥渃all,鈥� as Sylvia Plath said so herself. But the call of the reader is to recognize the trick and then to commend the art for brilliant illusions.
June 5, 2015
I decided I was going to read this for two reasons: Sylvia Plath intrigued me; and I need to write better journal entries.
It is sometimes hard to wrap your head around the fact that she was so young when she wrote those journals, and constantly I had to keep reminding myself. She seemed extremely mature for her age. I found myself only reading 20, 30 pages at a time, because her words were so full of introspection, I had to continually go back and reread passages and reflect, soul-search about my own life. It was exhausting (and worthwhile).
The first half of this book is absolutely remarkable. Especially for being just a journal. After she married, however, I think her tone changed. Her journaling was permanently altered. She made herself so little when compared to the 鈥済reat Ted Hughes鈥�. She refrained from 鈥渘agging鈥� him, but he could nag her, because of his 鈥渟uperior seat鈥�. Out of the pair he was always the better, bigger and smarter in her eyes. Her feminist words of before were somehow not put into action, and she became rather submissive and accepting too much of his behavior and betrayals. I understand her position and era of misogyny, but after being so entirely compelled by this woman鈥檚 words, I can鈥檛 lie here and say her submission didn鈥檛 bother me.
The introspection halted and her diaries started resembling a drone list of clipped everyday happenings and to-do lists. The student Sylvia was interesting, incredibly eloquent and contemplative; alive and iridescent, even at her worst depressions. The working, married Sylvia was washed out and colorless. But that鈥檚 when she wrote her most important masterpieces. So I suppose she just transplanted her magic from journaling to higher purposes.
This book was a long, tough read. Took me forever to finish. But it was more than worth it. Sylvia Plath was something else. Her words transcend journaling.
It is sometimes hard to wrap your head around the fact that she was so young when she wrote those journals, and constantly I had to keep reminding myself. She seemed extremely mature for her age. I found myself only reading 20, 30 pages at a time, because her words were so full of introspection, I had to continually go back and reread passages and reflect, soul-search about my own life. It was exhausting (and worthwhile).
The first half of this book is absolutely remarkable. Especially for being just a journal. After she married, however, I think her tone changed. Her journaling was permanently altered. She made herself so little when compared to the 鈥済reat Ted Hughes鈥�. She refrained from 鈥渘agging鈥� him, but he could nag her, because of his 鈥渟uperior seat鈥�. Out of the pair he was always the better, bigger and smarter in her eyes. Her feminist words of before were somehow not put into action, and she became rather submissive and accepting too much of his behavior and betrayals. I understand her position and era of misogyny, but after being so entirely compelled by this woman鈥檚 words, I can鈥檛 lie here and say her submission didn鈥檛 bother me.
The introspection halted and her diaries started resembling a drone list of clipped everyday happenings and to-do lists. The student Sylvia was interesting, incredibly eloquent and contemplative; alive and iridescent, even at her worst depressions. The working, married Sylvia was washed out and colorless. But that鈥檚 when she wrote her most important masterpieces. So I suppose she just transplanted her magic from journaling to higher purposes.
This book was a long, tough read. Took me forever to finish. But it was more than worth it. Sylvia Plath was something else. Her words transcend journaling.
July 16, 2022
"this loneliness will blur and diminish, no doubt, when tomorrow i plunge again into classes, into the necessity of studying for exams. but now, that false purpose is lifted and i am spinning in a temporary vacuum. at home i rested and played, here, where i work, the routine is momentarily suspended and i am lost. there is no living being on earth at this moment except myself."
sylvia... these are not words, these are knives aimed at me.
sylvia... these are not words, these are knives aimed at me.
April 12, 2022
The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Sylvia Plath
An exact and complete transcription of the journals kept by Sylvia Plath over the last twelve years of her life. Sylvia Plath kept a record of her life from the age of eleven until her death at thirty. The journals are characterized by the vigorous immediacy with which she records her inner thoughts and feelings and the intricacies of her daily life. Apart from being a key source for her early writing, they give us an intimate portrait of the writer who was to produce in the last seven months of her life the extraordinary poems which have secured her reputation as one of the greatest of twentieth century poets.
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 20/03/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 22/01/1401賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
An exact and complete transcription of the journals kept by Sylvia Plath over the last twelve years of her life. Sylvia Plath kept a record of her life from the age of eleven until her death at thirty. The journals are characterized by the vigorous immediacy with which she records her inner thoughts and feelings and the intricacies of her daily life. Apart from being a key source for her early writing, they give us an intimate portrait of the writer who was to produce in the last seven months of her life the extraordinary poems which have secured her reputation as one of the greatest of twentieth century poets.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 賳賴賲 賲丕賴 丌诏賵爻鬲 爻丕賱2004賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 20/03/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 22/01/1401賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
February 11, 2016
"So it all moves in a pageant towards the ending, it's own ending. Everywhere, imperceptibly or otherwise, things are passing, ending, going. And there will be other summers, other band concerts, but never this one, never again, never as now. Next year I will not be the self of this year now. And that is why I laugh at the transient, the ephemeral; laugh, while clutching, holding, tenderly, like a fool his toy, cracked glass, water through fingers. For all the writing, for all the invention of engines to express & convey & capture life, it is the living of it that is the gimmick. It goes by, and whatevere dream you use to dope up the pains and hurts, it goes. Delude yourself about printed islands of permanence. You've only got so long to live. You're getting your dream. Things are working, blind forces, no personal spiritual beneficent ones except your own intelligence and the good will of a few other fools and fellow humans. So hit it while it's hot."
Jesus. My college diaries don't sound like that, let me tell you. But of course, Sylvia Plath has always operated on another level entirely, and her journals prove nothing else, it's that Plath was in a category by herself.
The newly-unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath are a fascinating and intimate look into her life and her mind - and at the same time, the reader is kept mostly at arm's length. For every page where we see Plath grappling with her depression, or her anxieties about writing, or her complex relationship with Ted Hughes, we have to wade through hundreds of pages that are nothing but Plath describing who she spent the afternoon with and what they wore and what the room looked like (As a writing exercise, she would record everyone's outfits and physical details of the places she visited - I'm sure it helped her as a writer, but for a reader, it's a maddening slog). And even though this book contains hundreds of pages' worth of journal entries that were previously kept out of the public eye (thanks, Ted), this is far from a no-holds-barred tell-all. Many of Plath's journals have been destroyed, and Plath went through long periods where she didn't do any diary-keeping at all. So we get to read her college journals up until July 1953, and then there's nothing until 1955 - so anyone going into this book expecting raw, emotional entries written after Plath's suicide attempt in August 1953, and her last year at Smith following her hospitalization, will be disappointed. (I freely admit that I'm one of these ghouls - the first time I read The Diary of Anne Frank in elementary school, I was genuinely disappointed that the final entry wasn't written as the Gestapo were raiding the attic)
At over seven hundred pages, this book requires a lot of commitment. Even die-hard Plath fans will find themselves struggling to stay invested - the downside of reading real diaries is that there's never anything resembling a plot to keep the reader interested, unless that plot is "we're hiding from the Nazis" or something like that. But if you stick with it, there's a lot to discover. I identified very strongly with the college entries, because it's a lot of "what am I supposed to do with my life/am I actually talented/when am I going to get a boyfriend" that will be very, very familiar to anyone who remembers that period of their lives. Plath also writes frankly about what it's really like to make a living as a writer - once she and Ted are married, they're both constantly sending stories to magazines, working on their books, and applying for writing fellowships. Plath is always reminding herself to write more in her entries, setting goals for herself like "write for two hours every day" or "finish ten poems and send them to publishers." It's a very realistic depiction of what it actually means to be a writer.
The most interesting part, for many people, will be after Plath marries Ted Hughes. I didn't know much about their married life, aside from the fact that Ted was responsible for fucking up a lot of Plath's poetry collections after her death, and the way Plath writes about their marriage is really interesting. She fucking adored Hughes, and she seemed to really love her role as a housewife - she's always baking cakes and throwing dinner parties, and at times it seems like she enjoyed being an author's wife more than being an author herself. She believed that Ted was the real talent, and seemed very happy to play second fiddle to him (so it's a delightful irony that Plath is now the more famous name, while Ted Hughes is known primarily as "Sylvia Plath's jealous husband"). As I said earlier, their relationship was complex. Plath freely acknowledges in her diaries that Ted is a surrogate father figure for her, and there's a section where she realizes Ted is cheating on her and is devastated.
Throughout the book, you can see Plath struggling with her own personal demons, and trying to push back at the depression and anxiety that eventually killed her. In a way, I appreciated how long this volume is, because it allows you to see that Sylvia Plath was more than just a writer who killed herself. She had good days and bad days, she was complicated, she was happy and sad and scared and angry, and she was alive.
"I must reject the grovelling image of the fearful beast in myself, which is an elaborate escape image, and face, force, days into line. I have an inner fight that won't be conquered by a motto or one night's resolution. My demon of negation will tempt me day by day, and I'll fight it, as something other than my essential self, which I am fighting to save: each day will have something to recommend it...Minute by minute to fight upward. Out from under that black cloud which would annihilate my whole being with its demand for perfection and measure, not of what I am, but of what I am not. I am what I am, and have written, lived, and travelled: I have been worth what I have won, but must work to be worth more. I shall not be more by wishful thinking."
Jesus. My college diaries don't sound like that, let me tell you. But of course, Sylvia Plath has always operated on another level entirely, and her journals prove nothing else, it's that Plath was in a category by herself.
The newly-unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath are a fascinating and intimate look into her life and her mind - and at the same time, the reader is kept mostly at arm's length. For every page where we see Plath grappling with her depression, or her anxieties about writing, or her complex relationship with Ted Hughes, we have to wade through hundreds of pages that are nothing but Plath describing who she spent the afternoon with and what they wore and what the room looked like (As a writing exercise, she would record everyone's outfits and physical details of the places she visited - I'm sure it helped her as a writer, but for a reader, it's a maddening slog). And even though this book contains hundreds of pages' worth of journal entries that were previously kept out of the public eye (thanks, Ted), this is far from a no-holds-barred tell-all. Many of Plath's journals have been destroyed, and Plath went through long periods where she didn't do any diary-keeping at all. So we get to read her college journals up until July 1953, and then there's nothing until 1955 - so anyone going into this book expecting raw, emotional entries written after Plath's suicide attempt in August 1953, and her last year at Smith following her hospitalization, will be disappointed. (I freely admit that I'm one of these ghouls - the first time I read The Diary of Anne Frank in elementary school, I was genuinely disappointed that the final entry wasn't written as the Gestapo were raiding the attic)
At over seven hundred pages, this book requires a lot of commitment. Even die-hard Plath fans will find themselves struggling to stay invested - the downside of reading real diaries is that there's never anything resembling a plot to keep the reader interested, unless that plot is "we're hiding from the Nazis" or something like that. But if you stick with it, there's a lot to discover. I identified very strongly with the college entries, because it's a lot of "what am I supposed to do with my life/am I actually talented/when am I going to get a boyfriend" that will be very, very familiar to anyone who remembers that period of their lives. Plath also writes frankly about what it's really like to make a living as a writer - once she and Ted are married, they're both constantly sending stories to magazines, working on their books, and applying for writing fellowships. Plath is always reminding herself to write more in her entries, setting goals for herself like "write for two hours every day" or "finish ten poems and send them to publishers." It's a very realistic depiction of what it actually means to be a writer.
The most interesting part, for many people, will be after Plath marries Ted Hughes. I didn't know much about their married life, aside from the fact that Ted was responsible for fucking up a lot of Plath's poetry collections after her death, and the way Plath writes about their marriage is really interesting. She fucking adored Hughes, and she seemed to really love her role as a housewife - she's always baking cakes and throwing dinner parties, and at times it seems like she enjoyed being an author's wife more than being an author herself. She believed that Ted was the real talent, and seemed very happy to play second fiddle to him (so it's a delightful irony that Plath is now the more famous name, while Ted Hughes is known primarily as "Sylvia Plath's jealous husband"). As I said earlier, their relationship was complex. Plath freely acknowledges in her diaries that Ted is a surrogate father figure for her, and there's a section where she realizes Ted is cheating on her and is devastated.
Throughout the book, you can see Plath struggling with her own personal demons, and trying to push back at the depression and anxiety that eventually killed her. In a way, I appreciated how long this volume is, because it allows you to see that Sylvia Plath was more than just a writer who killed herself. She had good days and bad days, she was complicated, she was happy and sad and scared and angry, and she was alive.
"I must reject the grovelling image of the fearful beast in myself, which is an elaborate escape image, and face, force, days into line. I have an inner fight that won't be conquered by a motto or one night's resolution. My demon of negation will tempt me day by day, and I'll fight it, as something other than my essential self, which I am fighting to save: each day will have something to recommend it...Minute by minute to fight upward. Out from under that black cloud which would annihilate my whole being with its demand for perfection and measure, not of what I am, but of what I am not. I am what I am, and have written, lived, and travelled: I have been worth what I have won, but must work to be worth more. I shall not be more by wishful thinking."
October 12, 2007
There were moments reading this book that I had to put it down because the feelings are so vivid you feel like an intruder.
There are quotes from her journal that decribe in dark detail the feelings that I am sure many women feel as they are on their own for the first time, falling in love, broken hearted, scared of failure, married, alone...
Loved this book.
There are quotes from her journal that decribe in dark detail the feelings that I am sure many women feel as they are on their own for the first time, falling in love, broken hearted, scared of failure, married, alone...
Loved this book.
June 29, 2022
actual rating: 3.75 stars 猸愶笍
July 30, 2019
This is more interesting than any of her publications - fiction or non-fiction. Those who want to know more about Plath must read these journals.
November 29, 2017
This should be at the top of everybody's reading list...
September 4, 2020
wow, I guess I really took my time to finish this book. no, I mean... I reaAAAlly took my time 鈥� 欧宝娱乐 is telling me I started reading it in April 2018, and have only managed to finish it in August 2020; and what a ride this has been!!
honestly, I can't deny my disappointment at realising how much of her journals has been lost, possibly forever (Ted Hughes claims to have destroyed the last volume, but then again, Sylvia also went through periods when she simply didn't keep a diary). reading her journals has been...exhausting, above all. I could only pick this up when feeling especially depressed, since her journals would get quite intense at times. However, most of all, Sylvia kept a diary as a writing exercise 鈥� this is why you'll have to go through hundreds of pages where nothing's really happening (but in a somewhat pretentious way and gorgeously written, still).
all in all, I'd say that it was worth spending 2 years intermittently picking up her journals for the few insightful, emotional entries describing her anxieties as an aspiring author, her relationship with Ted, her deepest insecurities and her battle with depression (which she eventually lost). and yeah, Sylvia totally made me want to start keeping a diary 鈥� if only I weren't so afraid that I'd unconsciously appropriate her voice, then defeating the whole purpose.
Saturday: July 19, 1958. Paralysis still with me. It is as if my mind stopped & let the phenomena of nature-shiny green rosebugs and orange toadstools & screaking woodpeckers 鈥� roll over me like a juggernaut 鈥� as if I had to plunge to the bottom of non-existence, of absolute fear, before I can rise again. My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing. Suddenly my life which always had clearly defined immediate & long-range objectives 鈥� a Smith scholarship, a Smith degree, a won poetry or story contest, a Fullbright, a Europe trip, a lover, a husband 鈥� has, or appears to have none. I dimly would like to write (or is it to have written?) a novel, short stories, a book of poems. And fearfully, dimly, would like to have a child: a bloodily breached twenty-year plan of purpose. Lines occur to me & stop dead: "The tiger lily's spotted throat". And then it is an echo of Eliot's "The tiger in the tiger pit", to the syllable & the consonance. I observe: "The mullberry berries redden under leaves". And stop. I think the worst thing is to exteriorize these jitterings & so will try to shut up & not blither to Ted. His sympathy is a constant temptation. I am made to be busy, gay, doing crazy jobs & writing this & that 鈥� stories & poems & nursing babies. How to catapult myself into this? When I stop, moving, other lives & single-track aims shoulder me into shadow. [...] Will this pass like a sickness? If I don't settle my trouble from within, no outside shower of fortune will make the grass grow. I feel under opiates, hashish 鈥� heavy with paralysis 鈥� all objects slipping from numb fingers, as in a bad dream.
b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l.
honestly, I can't deny my disappointment at realising how much of her journals has been lost, possibly forever (Ted Hughes claims to have destroyed the last volume, but then again, Sylvia also went through periods when she simply didn't keep a diary). reading her journals has been...exhausting, above all. I could only pick this up when feeling especially depressed, since her journals would get quite intense at times. However, most of all, Sylvia kept a diary as a writing exercise 鈥� this is why you'll have to go through hundreds of pages where nothing's really happening (but in a somewhat pretentious way and gorgeously written, still).
all in all, I'd say that it was worth spending 2 years intermittently picking up her journals for the few insightful, emotional entries describing her anxieties as an aspiring author, her relationship with Ted, her deepest insecurities and her battle with depression (which she eventually lost). and yeah, Sylvia totally made me want to start keeping a diary 鈥� if only I weren't so afraid that I'd unconsciously appropriate her voice, then defeating the whole purpose.
Saturday: July 19, 1958. Paralysis still with me. It is as if my mind stopped & let the phenomena of nature-shiny green rosebugs and orange toadstools & screaking woodpeckers 鈥� roll over me like a juggernaut 鈥� as if I had to plunge to the bottom of non-existence, of absolute fear, before I can rise again. My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing. Suddenly my life which always had clearly defined immediate & long-range objectives 鈥� a Smith scholarship, a Smith degree, a won poetry or story contest, a Fullbright, a Europe trip, a lover, a husband 鈥� has, or appears to have none. I dimly would like to write (or is it to have written?) a novel, short stories, a book of poems. And fearfully, dimly, would like to have a child: a bloodily breached twenty-year plan of purpose. Lines occur to me & stop dead: "The tiger lily's spotted throat". And then it is an echo of Eliot's "The tiger in the tiger pit", to the syllable & the consonance. I observe: "The mullberry berries redden under leaves". And stop. I think the worst thing is to exteriorize these jitterings & so will try to shut up & not blither to Ted. His sympathy is a constant temptation. I am made to be busy, gay, doing crazy jobs & writing this & that 鈥� stories & poems & nursing babies. How to catapult myself into this? When I stop, moving, other lives & single-track aims shoulder me into shadow. [...] Will this pass like a sickness? If I don't settle my trouble from within, no outside shower of fortune will make the grass grow. I feel under opiates, hashish 鈥� heavy with paralysis 鈥� all objects slipping from numb fingers, as in a bad dream.
b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l.
December 13, 2023
倬丕蹖蹖夭 郾鄞郯郾
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賲乇爻蹖 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕.
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倬賳噩 倬賳噩乇賴 丿乇賵賳 丕蹖賳 鄣郯郯 氐賮丨賴:
夭賳 亘賵丿賳
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賵丿賳
賲蹖丕賳诏乇丕 亘賵丿賳(亘乇賵賳诏乇丕+丿乇賵賳诏乇丕)
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丕诏乇 鬲賵 賴乇讴丿賵賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳丕 夭蹖丕丿蹖 爻禺鬲诏蹖乇 亘卮蹖丿 賵 亘賱丿 賳亘丕卮蹖丿 卮賳丕 讴賳蹖丿貙睾乇賯 賲蹖卮蹖丿(馃檵馃徏鈥嶁檧锔�)
鄄鄞爻丕毓鬲賴 丿丕乇賲 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 讴賱賳噩丕乇 賲蹖乇賲 讴賴 趩胤賵乇 亘乇丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇蹖賵蹖賵 亘賳賵蹖爻賲 讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 鄢 賲丕賴 丕夭 賲賴賲 鬲乇蹖賳 賵 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴鈥屫臂屬� 丿賵乇丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖賲賵 亘丕賴丕賲 賴賲乇丕賴蹖 讴乇丿 賵 诏丕賴蹖 蹖丕丿賲 賲蹖乇賮鬲 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丿賮鬲乇禺丕胤乇丕鬲 丿禺鬲乇蹖賴 讴賴 鄱郯 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿貙賳賴 丿賮鬲乇禺丕胤乇丕鬲 禺賵丿賲.
丕賳賯丿乇 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 賵 倬蹖趩蹖丿诏蹖鈥屬囏й� 匕賴賳 禺賵丿賲 亘賴 鬲讴 亘賴 鬲讴 噩賲賱丕鬲蹖 讴賴 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 賳賵卮鬲賴 毓噩蹖賳 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 卮亘丕賴鬲 丿丕卮鬲 賵 賴賲卮賵賳 丿賯蹖賯丕 亘丕 乇賵賳丿賽 丕蹖賳 鄢 賲丕賴賲 倬蹖卮 賲蹖乇賮鬲 讴賴 鬲賳賴丕 賵丕讴賳卮蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 丿乇亘乇丕亘乇卮 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賲 亘睾賱 讴乇丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵 亘賵爻蹖丿賳 噩賱丿卮 賵 賯乇丕乇 丿丕丿賳卮 鬲賵 賱蹖爻鬲 賲賴賲 鬲乇蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖賲賴.賮讴乇 讴賳賲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕賲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 卮禺氐蹖 鬲乇 丕夭 丕賵賳蹖 卮丿 讴賴 亘鬲賵賳賲 亘賴 讴爻蹖 賲毓乇賮蹖 蹖丕 鬲賵氐蹖賮卮 讴賳賲.
賵 丕诏乇 賲蹖鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 亘乇诏乇丿賲 亘賴 丕賵賳 夭賲丕賳 賵 亘賴 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 趩蹖夭蹖 亘诏賲...
丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 丕賳賯丿乇 爻禺鬲 賳诏蹖乇.賲蹖丿賵賳賲 丿禺鬲乇貙賲賳賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 蹖讴 乇賵夭賲 亘蹖 賮丕蹖丿賴 亘诏匕乇賴 賲鬲賳賮乇賲貙賲賳賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴 鬲賲丕賲 丕賵賳 亘購毓丿賴丕 賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 賲蹖禺賵丕賲 鬲賵 夭賳丿诏蹖賲 亘丕卮賲 賳乇爻賲 賲蹖鬲乇爻賲.賵 賯賵賱 賲蹖丿賲 丕夭 倬爻卮 亘乇亘蹖丕賲.賵賱蹖 丕賵賳 賴賲賴 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 讴乇丿賳賽 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 亘賴 讴噩丕 禺鬲賲 卮丿責噩賵賳 禺賵丿鬲賵 诏乇賮鬲蹖.
讴丕卮 賲蹖丿賵賳爻鬲蹖 倬賳噩丕賴 卮氐鬲 爻丕賱 丿蹖诏賴 賴夭丕乇丕賳 賴夭丕乇 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丿賮鬲乇禺丕胤乇丕鬲鬲 乇賵 賲蹖禺賵賳賳 賵 賲孬 爻诏 丿乇讴鬲 賲蹖讴賳賳.讴丕卮 賲蹖丿賵賳爻鬲蹖 禺丕胤乇丕鬲鬲 诏賳噩蹖賳賴鈥屰� 丕丿亘蹖 丕乇夭卮賲賳丿 鬲乇蹖 丕夭 卮毓乇賴丕鬲 賲蹖卮賴.賲胤賲卅賳賲 丕蹖賳賵 鬲乇噩蹖丨 賲蹖丿丕丿蹖.趩賵賳 毓丕卮賯 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賳 亘賵丿蹖鈥�.
亘賴鬲 賲蹖诏賮鬲賲 丕賳賯丿乇 丨乇氐 趩丕倬 賳卮丿賳 卮毓乇賴丕鬲賵 賳禺賵乇 賵 亘賴 卮賵賴乇鬲 丨爻賵丿蹖 賳讴賳 趩賵賳 丕蹖賳 鬲賵蹖蹖 讴賴 丕賱丕賳 卮丿蹖 "爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲".賴乇趩賳丿 讴賴 禺賵丿鬲賵 禺蹖賱蹖 夭賵丿 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲丨乇賵賲 讴乇丿蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕爻賲 賵 乇爻賲 乇賵 亘亘蹖賳蹖.賵賱蹖 卮丕蹖丿 賴賲賵賳 鬲賵乇賵 禺丕氐 鬲乇 賲蹖讴賳賴.卮丕蹖丿 鬲賵 亘丕蹖丿 賳賲丕丿賽 "毓丕賯亘鬲 丕賵乇孬蹖賳讴 讴乇丿賳 賵 爻禺鬲 诏乇賮鬲賳 亘賴 禺賵丿" 賲蹖卮丿蹖.卮丕蹖丿 賲乇诏鬲 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖鬲 賲毓賳丕 丿丕丿 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲.賴賲賵賳胤賵乇 讴賴 禺賵丿鬲 賴賲蹖卮賴 亘賴卮 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴乇丿蹖.
鬲賲丕賲 丕蹖賳 丿賮鬲乇 倬乇 卮丿賴 丕夭 禺胤 讴卮蹖鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿 夭蹖丕丿 賵 丨丕卮蹖賴鈥屬嗁堐屫驰屸€屬囏й� 丿賵乇鬲丕丿賵乇 賵 丕賳賯丿乇 夭蹖丕丿賳 讴賴 賳賲蹖鬲賵賳賲 趩賳鬲丕乇賵 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴賳賲賵 鬲賵 蹖賴 乇蹖賵蹖賵 噩丕 亘丿賲卮賵賳.
賲賳 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 禺賵丿賲 乇賵 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 诏賲 讴乇丿賲貙噩丕 诏匕丕卮鬲賲貙亘乇丿丕卮鬲賲貙丌乇賵賲 讴乇丿賲貙賲毓賳丕 诏乇賮鬲賲貙
倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賲貙讴賲讴賲 讴乇丿 亘丕 丕丨爻丕爻賽 卮亘丕賴鬲 丌乇賵賲 亘诏蹖乇賲 賵 丕夭 爻禺鬲 鬲乇蹖賳 丨丕賱鬲鈥屬囏й� 倬丕蹖蹖夭 丕賲爻丕賱 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇賲.賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賳 丕夭 賲丕賱蹖禺賵賱蹖丕.賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賳 丕夭 夭賳 亘賵丿賳貙賴賵乇賲賵賳 賴丕蹖 丿蹖賵丕賳賴鈥屰� 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴鈥屰� 夭賳丕賳诏蹖貙賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賳 丕夭 亘夭乇诏鬲乇 亘賵丿賳 乇賵蹖丕賴丕賲 丕夭 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖賲 賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賵丿賳賽 爻賱蹖賯賴鈥屫з� 丕夭 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖賲 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賳.
賲乇爻蹖 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕.
亘乇丕蹖 賳賵卮鬲賳 丕蹖賳丕貙亘乇丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賳鬲 賴乇趩賳丿 讴賲貙亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 賵 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丨丕賱 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴 亘賵丿賳鬲 亘乇丕蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇 夭賳鈥屬囏й� 賯丿蹖賲 賵 丕賲乇賵夭 賵 丌蹖賳丿賴.
倬賳噩 倬賳噩乇賴 丿乇賵賳 丕蹖賳 鄣郯郯 氐賮丨賴:
夭賳 亘賵丿賳
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賵丿賳
賲蹖丕賳诏乇丕 亘賵丿賳(亘乇賵賳诏乇丕+丿乇賵賳诏乇丕)
讴賲丕賱鈥屭必� 賵 亘夭乇诏鬲乇 丕夭 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕胤乇丕賮鬲 亘賵丿賳
毓丕卮賯 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 鬲卮賳賴鈥屰� 賲毓賳丕 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖...
丕诏乇 鬲賵 賴乇讴丿賵賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳丕 夭蹖丕丿蹖 爻禺鬲诏蹖乇 亘卮蹖丿 賵 亘賱丿 賳亘丕卮蹖丿 卮賳丕 讴賳蹖丿貙睾乇賯 賲蹖卮蹖丿(馃檵馃徏鈥嶁檧锔�)
April 2, 2009
It's astounding how much I relate to Sylvia in these journals. I think all feminine beings need to read this. Her entries are honest and raw: revealing her sensitivities, obsessions, routines, insecurities...
More intimate than any of her poetry books, Plath's journals offer greater insight into both her personal and literary struggles.
This book is of great value to me: and I'm sure I will continue referring to it for many years.
More intimate than any of her poetry books, Plath's journals offer greater insight into both her personal and literary struggles.
This book is of great value to me: and I'm sure I will continue referring to it for many years.
May 10, 2024
亘毓丿 丕爻亘賵毓賷賷賳 鬲賯乇賷亘丕 丕賳鬲賴賷鬲 賲賳 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賱賲 丕賱丕丨馗 丕賳賶 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱賲丿丞 丕賱丕 亘毓丿 鬲毓賱賷賯 丕賱氐丿賷賯丞 Heba Nour
丕賱鬲賶 丕卮賰乇賴丕 賱丕賳賴丕 賳亘賴鬲賳賶 賱丕賳賶 丕毓丿鬲 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賶 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賵賯乇丕亍丞 賲丕賳賯賱鬲賴 賲賳賴丕 . 賮兀賳丕 丕丨賷丕賳丕 丕爻鬲睾乇賯 賴匕賴 丕賱賲丿丞 丕賵 丕賰孬乇 賮賶 賯乇丕亍丞 賰鬲丕亘 賵毓丕丿丞 丕卮毓乇 亘胤賵賱 丕賱賲丿丞 賵丕賳賶 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賱賰賳 賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵乇睾賲 賵噩賵丿 亘毓囟 丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 丕賱賲賲賱丞 丕賱丕 丕賳賶 賱賲 丕卮毓乇 亘丕賱賵賯鬲 .
賱賲 丕賰賳 丕毓乇賮 爻賷賱賮賷丕 亘賱丕孬 賱賰賳 毓孬乇鬲 亘丕賱氐丿賮丞 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱禺丕氐 亘賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 賮亘丨孬鬲 毓賳賴丕 賲賳 亘丕亘 丕賱賮囟賵賱 賱兀毓乇賮 丕賳賴丕 卮丕毓乇丞 賵賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賲乇賷賰賷丞 賱賰賳 匕賱賰 賱賲 賷賰賳 丕賱爻亘亘 丕賳賶 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱賷爻 亘丕賱氐睾賷乇 賱賰賳 賲毓乇賮鬲賶 亘丕賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓丕賳賶 賲賳 丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘 賱丕兀睾賱亘 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵丕賳賴丕 丕賳鬲丨乇鬲 賮賶 爻賳 氐睾賷乇 丨賷孬 賲丕鬲鬲 兀孬丕乇 丕賱鬲爻賲賲 亘兀賵賱 兀賰爻賷丿 丕賱賰乇亘賵賳 亘毓丿 兀賳 丨卮乇鬲 乇兀爻賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賮乇賳. 賵囟毓鬲 賲賳丕卮賮 賲亘賱賱丞 鬲丨鬲 丕賱兀亘賵丕亘 賱鬲賰賵賳 丨丕噩夭丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賲胤亘禺 賵亘賷賳 睾乇賮 兀胤賮丕賱賴丕. 賵囟毓鬲 乇兀爻賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賮乇賳 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賯賷丿 丕賱鬲卮睾賷賱. 賰丕賳 毓賲乇賴丕 孬賱丕孬賷賳 爻賳丞.噩毓賱賳賶 丕乇睾亘 賮賶 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賱丕丕鬲毓乇賮 亘卮賰賱 丕賰亘乇 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴丕 賲毓 丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘 賮丕賳丕 卮禺氐賷丕 丕賳噩匕亘 賱賯乇丕亍丞 賰賱 賲丕賷鬲毓賱賯 亘丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘
賴賳丕賰 噩夭亍 丕賮鬲賯丿鬲賴 賮賶 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 賵賴賶 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賲丕亘毓丿 胤賱丕賯賴丕 賵賯亘賱 丕賳鬲丨丕乇賴丕
丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賰丕賳鬲 賮賶 亘毓囟 丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 賲賲賱丞 亘毓囟 丕賱卮賶亍 禺丕氐丞 丕賳賴丕 鬲鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 賲賯丕亘賱丕鬲賴丕 丕賵 賲丨丕丿丕孬鬲賴丕 賲毓 丕卮禺丕氐 賵丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕禺賷乇 氐乇丕丨丞 鬲毓丿賷鬲賴 賮賴賵 毓賳 賵氐賮 賱噩賷乇丕賳賴丕 賵丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賱賲 丕卮毓乇 亘丕賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 賱匕賱賰
賴賳丕賰 丕噩夭丕亍 賲賳 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 卮毓乇鬲 丕賳賶 賱賵 賰賳鬲 丕噩賷丿 賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賱賰丕賳鬲 賰賱賲丕鬲賴丕 賳爻禺丞 亘丕賱囟亘胤 賲賲丕 丕賰鬲亘賴 賱匕賱賰 賮鬲兀孬乇賶 亘賴 賰丕賳 卮禺氐賶 噩丿丕 . 賮賴賳丕賰 丕噩夭丕亍 賲賳 丨丿賷孬賴丕 毓賳 卮毓賵乇賴丕 賵賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴丕 賯乇賷亘 賲賳賶 賱丿乇噩丞 賲禺賷賮丞 . 賵乇亘賲丕 賱賴匕賴 丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 賰賳鬲 丕賰賲賱 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 .
丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵賲乇丕賴賯鬲賴丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 賵丨亘賴丕 賵丨夭賳賴丕 .
乇睾亘鬲賴丕 亘丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 卮丿賷丿丞 噩丿丕 賵賰丕賳鬲 賲賴賲丞 噩丿丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴丕 賱賰賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓丕賳賶 賲賳 乇賮囟 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕毓賲丕賱賴丕 賵賰丕賳 匕賱賰 氐丕丿賲 賱賴丕 噩丿丕 . 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 賵丕乇丕亍賴丕 .賵馗丕卅賮賴丕 賵鬲丕孬賷乇 賰賱 賵馗賷賮丞 毓賲賱鬲 亘賴丕 毓賱賷賴丕 .
乇賮囟賴丕 賱丕賳 鬲賮賯丿 賳賮爻賴丕 賮賶 丨丕賱 夭賵丕噩賴丕
" 賱賵 爻丕賱賵賳賶 丕賶 丿賵乇 丕禺胤胤 賱賱賯賷丕賲 亘賴 爻兀賯賵賱 賲丕匕丕 鬲毓賳賶 亘賰賱賲丞 丿賵乇 責 賱爻鬲 毓丕夭賲丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賯賷丕賲 亘丿賵乇 賮賶 丨丕賱 鬲夭賵噩鬲 賱賰賳賶 爻賵賮 丕賵丕氐賱 丕賱毓賷卮 賰賰丕卅賳 亘卮乇賶 毓丕賯賱 胤亘賷毓賶 丕馗賱 丕賳賲賵 賵丕鬲毓賱賲 賰賲丕 賮毓賱鬲 丿夭賲丕 賱丕鬲丨賵賱 賱丕鬲睾賷乇 噩賾匕乇賶 賮賶 毓丕丿丕鬲 丨賷丕鬲賶 "
" 丕賱賴匕丕 賷鬲賴賲賳賶 亘丕賱賴賷賲賳丞 責 亘丕賱氐乇丕毓 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕賱賴賷賲賳丞 責責 丕爻賮丞 丕賱乇賯賲 睾賱胤 亘丕賱胤亘毓 丕賳丕 禺丕卅賮丞 賲賳 丕賳 賷賴賷賲賳 毓賱賶 賵賲賳 賱丕賷賰賵賳 賰匕賱賰 賮賯胤 匕賱賰 丕賱賮乇丿 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 丕賱賲胤賷毓 爻賴賱 丕賱丕賳賯賷丕丿 丕賱噩亘丕賳 . 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 賱丕賷毓賳賶 丕賳賳賶 亘丨賰賲 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 丕乇賷丿 丕賳 丕賴賷賲賳 ..... 丕賳賴 丕賱鬲賵丕夭賳 丕賱匕賷 丕胤賱亘賴 賱丕 丕賱鬲丕亘毓賷丞 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇丞 賱乇睾亘丕鬲 賵丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲 卮禺氐 賵丕丨丿"
賰丕賳鬲 丿賵賲丕 鬲丨丕賵賱 丕賳 鬲卮噩毓 賳賮爻賴丕 賵鬲賰鬲亘 賱賳賮爻賴丕 賲丕匕丕 賷噩亘 丕賳 鬲賮毓賱 賵丕賳 賱丕鬲鬲匕賲乇 賱夭賵噩賴丕 賵鬲卮賰賵 賱賴 丨鬲賶 賱丕賷丨夭賳 . 丕毓噩亘賳賶 丨賵丕乇賴丕 賲毓 賳賮爻賴丕 賵鬲卮噩賷毓賴丕 賱賳賮爻賴丕
丨夭賳賴丕 賵賷兀爻賴丕 丕丨賷丕賳丕 賵鬲卮噩賷毓賴丕 賵孬賯鬲賴丕 賮賶 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲賴丕 鬲丕乇丞 丕禺乇賶
丨丿賷孬賴丕 毓賳 賰乇賴賴丕 賵睾囟亘賴丕 賲賳 賵丕賱丿鬲賴丕
丨丿賷孬賴丕 毓賳 夭賵噩賴丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘賴丕
賵乇睾亘鬲賴丕 丕賱卮丿賷丿丞 賮賶 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 兀賲 賵丨夭賳賴丕 賱毓丿賲 丨賲賱賴丕 賵賮賯丿丕賳賴丕 賱賱噩賳賷賳 賵丨夭賳賴丕 賯亘賱 丕賳 鬲賳噩亘
鬲丨丿孬鬲 亘鬲賮丕氐賷賱 毓賳 賵賱丕丿鬲賴丕 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 " 賳賷賰賵賱丕爻 "賮卮毓乇鬲 丕賳賶 賲毓賴丕 賮賶 丕賱睾乇賮丞 賵丕鬲丕賱賲 賲毓賴丕
"丕賱丨賷丕丞 賴賶 賵丨丿丞 亘乇睾賲 賰賱 丕賱賲賵丿 丕賱賲禺丿乇丞 亘乇睾賲 丕賱賲乇丨 丕賱賲亘賴乇噩 丕賱氐丕禺亘 丕賱丨賮賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賶 亘賱丕噩丿賵賶 亘乇睾賲 丕賱賵噩賵賴 丕賱賲亘鬲爻賲丞 丕賱夭丕卅賮丞 丕賱鬲賶 賳乇鬲丿賷賴丕 噩賲賷毓丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 鬲噩丿 賮賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕丨丿丕 鬲卮毓乇 賲毓賴 丕賳賰 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賳 鬲孬亘鬲 賱賵丕毓噩 賳賮爻賰 鬲鬲賵賯賮 賮賶 丕賱丨丕賱 賲匕毓賵乇丕 賲賳 賰賱賲丕鬲賰 賴賶 氐丿卅丞 噩丿丕 賯亘賷丨丞 噩丿丕 鬲丕賮賴丞 噩丿丕 賵賵丕賴賳丞 賱丕賳賴丕 亘賯賷鬲 夭賲賳丕 胤賵賷賱丕 丨亘賷爻丞 賮賶 丕賱馗賱丕賲 丕賱禺丕賳賯 賱丿丕禺賱賰 丕噩賱 賷賵噩丿 賮乇丨 丕乇鬲賷丕丨 毓卮乇丞 .賱賰賳 賵丨丿丞 丕賱乇賵丨 賮賶 賵毓賷賴丕 丕賱賮馗賷毓 亘匕丕鬲賴丕 賴賶 乇賴賷亘丞 賵胤丕睾賷丞 "
" 賱丿賶 丕賱禺賷丕乇 賮賶 丕賳 丕賰賵賳 賮毓丕賱丞 賵爻毓賷丿丞 亘卮賰賱 丿丕卅賲 丕賵 爻賱亘賷丞 賵丨夭賷賳丞 丕賵 賷賲賰賳賳賶 丕賳 丕噩賳 亘丕賱卮乇賵丿 亘賷賳 丕賱丕孬賳賷賳 "
"丕賳丕 禺丕卅賮丞 賱爻鬲 氐賱亘丞 亘賱 噩賵賮丕亍 . 禺賱賮 毓賷賳賶 丕卮毓乇 亘丨賮乇丞 賰丕賲丿丞 賲鬲亘賱丿丞 亘賮乇丕睾 賲賳 噩丨賷賲 亘毓丿賲 賲鬲氐賳毓 . 賱賲 丕賮賰乇 丕亘丿丕 賱賲 丕賰鬲亘 丕亘丿丕 賱賲 丕毓丕賳 丕亘丿丕 丕乇賷丿 賯鬲賱 賳賮爻賶 丕賱賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賲爻卅賵賱賷丞 . 丕賱夭丨賮 毓丕卅丿丞 亘匕賱 丕賱賶 丕賱乇丨賲 "
"丕賱丨亘 賵賵賴賲 賱賰賳賶 爻丕賯毓 賮賷賴 賱賰賱 丨亘 賱賵 丕爻鬲胤毓鬲 丕賳 丕丐賲賳 亘賴 "
賱賯丿 賰鬲亘鬲 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賰賱丕賲賴丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 賯乇丕鬲賴 丕賱丕賳 孬丕賳賷丞 卮毓乇鬲 亘乇睾亘丞 賮賶 廿毓丕丿丞 賯乇丕亍丞 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 賱賰賳賶 丕鬲胤賱毓 賱賯乇丕亍丞 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賳丕賯賵爻 丕賱夭噩丕噩賶 賱賴丕
伲/ 佗 / 佗贍佟侃
丕賱鬲賶 丕卮賰乇賴丕 賱丕賳賴丕 賳亘賴鬲賳賶 賱丕賳賶 丕毓丿鬲 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賶 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賵賯乇丕亍丞 賲丕賳賯賱鬲賴 賲賳賴丕 . 賮兀賳丕 丕丨賷丕賳丕 丕爻鬲睾乇賯 賴匕賴 丕賱賲丿丞 丕賵 丕賰孬乇 賮賶 賯乇丕亍丞 賰鬲丕亘 賵毓丕丿丞 丕卮毓乇 亘胤賵賱 丕賱賲丿丞 賵丕賳賶 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賱賰賳 賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵乇睾賲 賵噩賵丿 亘毓囟 丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 丕賱賲賲賱丞 丕賱丕 丕賳賶 賱賲 丕卮毓乇 亘丕賱賵賯鬲 .
賱賲 丕賰賳 丕毓乇賮 爻賷賱賮賷丕 亘賱丕孬 賱賰賳 毓孬乇鬲 亘丕賱氐丿賮丞 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱禺丕氐 亘賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 賮亘丨孬鬲 毓賳賴丕 賲賳 亘丕亘 丕賱賮囟賵賱 賱兀毓乇賮 丕賳賴丕 卮丕毓乇丞 賵賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賲乇賷賰賷丞 賱賰賳 匕賱賰 賱賲 賷賰賳 丕賱爻亘亘 丕賳賶 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱賷爻 亘丕賱氐睾賷乇 賱賰賳 賲毓乇賮鬲賶 亘丕賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓丕賳賶 賲賳 丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘 賱丕兀睾賱亘 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵丕賳賴丕 丕賳鬲丨乇鬲 賮賶 爻賳 氐睾賷乇 丨賷孬 賲丕鬲鬲 兀孬丕乇 丕賱鬲爻賲賲 亘兀賵賱 兀賰爻賷丿 丕賱賰乇亘賵賳 亘毓丿 兀賳 丨卮乇鬲 乇兀爻賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賮乇賳. 賵囟毓鬲 賲賳丕卮賮 賲亘賱賱丞 鬲丨鬲 丕賱兀亘賵丕亘 賱鬲賰賵賳 丨丕噩夭丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賲胤亘禺 賵亘賷賳 睾乇賮 兀胤賮丕賱賴丕. 賵囟毓鬲 乇兀爻賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賮乇賳 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賯賷丿 丕賱鬲卮睾賷賱. 賰丕賳 毓賲乇賴丕 孬賱丕孬賷賳 爻賳丞.噩毓賱賳賶 丕乇睾亘 賮賶 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賱丕丕鬲毓乇賮 亘卮賰賱 丕賰亘乇 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴丕 賲毓 丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘 賮丕賳丕 卮禺氐賷丕 丕賳噩匕亘 賱賯乇丕亍丞 賰賱 賲丕賷鬲毓賱賯 亘丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘
賴賳丕賰 噩夭亍 丕賮鬲賯丿鬲賴 賮賶 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 賵賴賶 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賲丕亘毓丿 胤賱丕賯賴丕 賵賯亘賱 丕賳鬲丨丕乇賴丕
丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賰丕賳鬲 賮賶 亘毓囟 丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 賲賲賱丞 亘毓囟 丕賱卮賶亍 禺丕氐丞 丕賳賴丕 鬲鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 賲賯丕亘賱丕鬲賴丕 丕賵 賲丨丕丿丕孬鬲賴丕 賲毓 丕卮禺丕氐 賵丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕禺賷乇 氐乇丕丨丞 鬲毓丿賷鬲賴 賮賴賵 毓賳 賵氐賮 賱噩賷乇丕賳賴丕 賵丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賱賲 丕卮毓乇 亘丕賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 賱匕賱賰
賴賳丕賰 丕噩夭丕亍 賲賳 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 卮毓乇鬲 丕賳賶 賱賵 賰賳鬲 丕噩賷丿 賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賱賰丕賳鬲 賰賱賲丕鬲賴丕 賳爻禺丞 亘丕賱囟亘胤 賲賲丕 丕賰鬲亘賴 賱匕賱賰 賮鬲兀孬乇賶 亘賴 賰丕賳 卮禺氐賶 噩丿丕 . 賮賴賳丕賰 丕噩夭丕亍 賲賳 丨丿賷孬賴丕 毓賳 卮毓賵乇賴丕 賵賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴丕 賯乇賷亘 賲賳賶 賱丿乇噩丞 賲禺賷賮丞 . 賵乇亘賲丕 賱賴匕賴 丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 賰賳鬲 丕賰賲賱 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 .
丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵賲乇丕賴賯鬲賴丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 賵丨亘賴丕 賵丨夭賳賴丕 .
乇睾亘鬲賴丕 亘丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 卮丿賷丿丞 噩丿丕 賵賰丕賳鬲 賲賴賲丞 噩丿丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴丕 賱賰賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓丕賳賶 賲賳 乇賮囟 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕毓賲丕賱賴丕 賵賰丕賳 匕賱賰 氐丕丿賲 賱賴丕 噩丿丕 . 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 賵丕乇丕亍賴丕 .賵馗丕卅賮賴丕 賵鬲丕孬賷乇 賰賱 賵馗賷賮丞 毓賲賱鬲 亘賴丕 毓賱賷賴丕 .
乇賮囟賴丕 賱丕賳 鬲賮賯丿 賳賮爻賴丕 賮賶 丨丕賱 夭賵丕噩賴丕
" 賱賵 爻丕賱賵賳賶 丕賶 丿賵乇 丕禺胤胤 賱賱賯賷丕賲 亘賴 爻兀賯賵賱 賲丕匕丕 鬲毓賳賶 亘賰賱賲丞 丿賵乇 責 賱爻鬲 毓丕夭賲丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賯賷丕賲 亘丿賵乇 賮賶 丨丕賱 鬲夭賵噩鬲 賱賰賳賶 爻賵賮 丕賵丕氐賱 丕賱毓賷卮 賰賰丕卅賳 亘卮乇賶 毓丕賯賱 胤亘賷毓賶 丕馗賱 丕賳賲賵 賵丕鬲毓賱賲 賰賲丕 賮毓賱鬲 丿夭賲丕 賱丕鬲丨賵賱 賱丕鬲睾賷乇 噩賾匕乇賶 賮賶 毓丕丿丕鬲 丨賷丕鬲賶 "
" 丕賱賴匕丕 賷鬲賴賲賳賶 亘丕賱賴賷賲賳丞 責 亘丕賱氐乇丕毓 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕賱賴賷賲賳丞 責責 丕爻賮丞 丕賱乇賯賲 睾賱胤 亘丕賱胤亘毓 丕賳丕 禺丕卅賮丞 賲賳 丕賳 賷賴賷賲賳 毓賱賶 賵賲賳 賱丕賷賰賵賳 賰匕賱賰 賮賯胤 匕賱賰 丕賱賮乇丿 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 丕賱賲胤賷毓 爻賴賱 丕賱丕賳賯賷丕丿 丕賱噩亘丕賳 . 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 賱丕賷毓賳賶 丕賳賳賶 亘丨賰賲 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 丕乇賷丿 丕賳 丕賴賷賲賳 ..... 丕賳賴 丕賱鬲賵丕夭賳 丕賱匕賷 丕胤賱亘賴 賱丕 丕賱鬲丕亘毓賷丞 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇丞 賱乇睾亘丕鬲 賵丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲 卮禺氐 賵丕丨丿"
賰丕賳鬲 丿賵賲丕 鬲丨丕賵賱 丕賳 鬲卮噩毓 賳賮爻賴丕 賵鬲賰鬲亘 賱賳賮爻賴丕 賲丕匕丕 賷噩亘 丕賳 鬲賮毓賱 賵丕賳 賱丕鬲鬲匕賲乇 賱夭賵噩賴丕 賵鬲卮賰賵 賱賴 丨鬲賶 賱丕賷丨夭賳 . 丕毓噩亘賳賶 丨賵丕乇賴丕 賲毓 賳賮爻賴丕 賵鬲卮噩賷毓賴丕 賱賳賮爻賴丕
丨夭賳賴丕 賵賷兀爻賴丕 丕丨賷丕賳丕 賵鬲卮噩賷毓賴丕 賵孬賯鬲賴丕 賮賶 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲賴丕 鬲丕乇丞 丕禺乇賶
丨丿賷孬賴丕 毓賳 賰乇賴賴丕 賵睾囟亘賴丕 賲賳 賵丕賱丿鬲賴丕
丨丿賷孬賴丕 毓賳 夭賵噩賴丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘賴丕
賵乇睾亘鬲賴丕 丕賱卮丿賷丿丞 賮賶 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 兀賲 賵丨夭賳賴丕 賱毓丿賲 丨賲賱賴丕 賵賮賯丿丕賳賴丕 賱賱噩賳賷賳 賵丨夭賳賴丕 賯亘賱 丕賳 鬲賳噩亘
鬲丨丿孬鬲 亘鬲賮丕氐賷賱 毓賳 賵賱丕丿鬲賴丕 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 " 賳賷賰賵賱丕爻 "賮卮毓乇鬲 丕賳賶 賲毓賴丕 賮賶 丕賱睾乇賮丞 賵丕鬲丕賱賲 賲毓賴丕
"丕賱丨賷丕丞 賴賶 賵丨丿丞 亘乇睾賲 賰賱 丕賱賲賵丿 丕賱賲禺丿乇丞 亘乇睾賲 丕賱賲乇丨 丕賱賲亘賴乇噩 丕賱氐丕禺亘 丕賱丨賮賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賶 亘賱丕噩丿賵賶 亘乇睾賲 丕賱賵噩賵賴 丕賱賲亘鬲爻賲丞 丕賱夭丕卅賮丞 丕賱鬲賶 賳乇鬲丿賷賴丕 噩賲賷毓丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 鬲噩丿 賮賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕丨丿丕 鬲卮毓乇 賲毓賴 丕賳賰 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賳 鬲孬亘鬲 賱賵丕毓噩 賳賮爻賰 鬲鬲賵賯賮 賮賶 丕賱丨丕賱 賲匕毓賵乇丕 賲賳 賰賱賲丕鬲賰 賴賶 氐丿卅丞 噩丿丕 賯亘賷丨丞 噩丿丕 鬲丕賮賴丞 噩丿丕 賵賵丕賴賳丞 賱丕賳賴丕 亘賯賷鬲 夭賲賳丕 胤賵賷賱丕 丨亘賷爻丞 賮賶 丕賱馗賱丕賲 丕賱禺丕賳賯 賱丿丕禺賱賰 丕噩賱 賷賵噩丿 賮乇丨 丕乇鬲賷丕丨 毓卮乇丞 .賱賰賳 賵丨丿丞 丕賱乇賵丨 賮賶 賵毓賷賴丕 丕賱賮馗賷毓 亘匕丕鬲賴丕 賴賶 乇賴賷亘丞 賵胤丕睾賷丞 "
" 賱丿賶 丕賱禺賷丕乇 賮賶 丕賳 丕賰賵賳 賮毓丕賱丞 賵爻毓賷丿丞 亘卮賰賱 丿丕卅賲 丕賵 爻賱亘賷丞 賵丨夭賷賳丞 丕賵 賷賲賰賳賳賶 丕賳 丕噩賳 亘丕賱卮乇賵丿 亘賷賳 丕賱丕孬賳賷賳 "
"丕賳丕 禺丕卅賮丞 賱爻鬲 氐賱亘丞 亘賱 噩賵賮丕亍 . 禺賱賮 毓賷賳賶 丕卮毓乇 亘丨賮乇丞 賰丕賲丿丞 賲鬲亘賱丿丞 亘賮乇丕睾 賲賳 噩丨賷賲 亘毓丿賲 賲鬲氐賳毓 . 賱賲 丕賮賰乇 丕亘丿丕 賱賲 丕賰鬲亘 丕亘丿丕 賱賲 丕毓丕賳 丕亘丿丕 丕乇賷丿 賯鬲賱 賳賮爻賶 丕賱賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賲爻卅賵賱賷丞 . 丕賱夭丨賮 毓丕卅丿丞 亘匕賱 丕賱賶 丕賱乇丨賲 "
"丕賱丨亘 賵賵賴賲 賱賰賳賶 爻丕賯毓 賮賷賴 賱賰賱 丨亘 賱賵 丕爻鬲胤毓鬲 丕賳 丕丐賲賳 亘賴 "
賱賯丿 賰鬲亘鬲 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賰賱丕賲賴丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 賯乇丕鬲賴 丕賱丕賳 孬丕賳賷丞 卮毓乇鬲 亘乇睾亘丞 賮賶 廿毓丕丿丞 賯乇丕亍丞 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 賱賰賳賶 丕鬲胤賱毓 賱賯乇丕亍丞 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賳丕賯賵爻 丕賱夭噩丕噩賶 賱賴丕
伲/ 佗 / 佗贍佟侃
November 30, 2020
It is true that that the facts of her death are what finally propelled Sylvia Plath into literary eminence鈥攕he published little during her lifetime and was largely unknown outside of poetic circles. It is also true that her own fascination with psychoanalysis, alongside a tumultuous relationship with husband and would-be Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, marks her as a subject of much intrigue. However, I find it perverse how she is seen primarily through her tragedy; her person interchangeable with a sense of macabre victimhood. I love Plath, but it is her life that I'm drawn to rather than her death.
My admiration for Plath and her oeuvre is therefore often accompanied by a sense of unease, given the degree to which her life and works are obscured by her oft-mythologised struggle with mental illness and eventual suicide. Reading her has time and again led me to see her a kindred soul, to believe that I can commune with her and that she gets me鈥攁lthough I am but one among the millions of women who feel the same. What is that if not the mark of a superior writer?
The journal entries included in this volume are dated as early as July 1950, when Plath is an eighteen year old just about to begin college, and reveal a refined style and outlook that seems way ahead of her time. An all-American girl on the surface, she craves both independence and sexual freedom, and has ambitious in an age when success for women was defined as being wives and mothers. Thus, although often preoccupied with dating and husband-hunting she is calculating in romance, knowing the precarity of women in the 1950s. Unable to see herself in the hallowed image of a domestic subservient, she wants equality; she negotiates her femininity vis-a-vis the 'masculinity' of her aspirations and often mentions her envy for the ease of male living.
Her conception of her own femininity and wholeness sees a subtle shift in later years, post her affair with Richard Sassoon and her marrying Ted Hughes, but she continues to assert her talents while balancing her role as a wife. Plath's veritable adoration for Hughes soaks through much of her writing in the later half, and it is perhaps because of her finally having the kind of companionship she craves that her entries in this period shift from being exercises in expression to concerned mostly with description. Even so, there remains in her a loneliness that she can not share, one she often ascribes to her inability to tap her talents to the fullest.
In these later entries we see Plath pushing herself to write and publish, describing in earnest the cycle of rejections and acceptances and what it's like to earn a living through letters, giving a sense of her competitiveness with contemporaries like Adrienne Rich and Anne Sexton, and, not least, her experiences with therapy and coming face-to-face with her personal issues and familial demons. There is too a sense of Plath boxing herself into her role as a wife and internalising a sense of lack, often seeking to synthesise the creative energy of the womb with that emanating from her pen.
Of course, as with all journals, Plath's can only be read through the gaps between them. It is true that people most often write journal entries as a form of cathartic release when they're upset, and Plath says as much herself. Thus, to see her entries as a wholly accurate picture of her temperament would be rather misleading.
An additional problem is posed by the fact that insight on crucial moments in her life鈥攕uch as the birth of her children, her separation from Hughes, and her final days鈥攊s often missing due to the fact that Plath simply did not keep a journal during some periods (such as during her senior year of college), and that at least two of her journals have gone missing or been destroyed by Hughes. Moreover, given the control he exercised over Plath's work after her death, it would not be entirely unfounded to suspect Hughes of tampering even with those journals which he released for publication.
Nevertheless, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath is indeed a valuable volume for those who have been moved and fascinated by the legend of Plath. While it does not provide one with the complete picture of her mind, it privileges readers a glimpse into the blazing talents and meticulous sensibilities of one of the most dynamic and acclaimed literary figures of the 20th century.
My admiration for Plath and her oeuvre is therefore often accompanied by a sense of unease, given the degree to which her life and works are obscured by her oft-mythologised struggle with mental illness and eventual suicide. Reading her has time and again led me to see her a kindred soul, to believe that I can commune with her and that she gets me鈥攁lthough I am but one among the millions of women who feel the same. What is that if not the mark of a superior writer?
In her journals, Plath is vivacious, multidimensional, and intensely human, passionately recording her life and observations lest they slip away, coaxing herself to write more and do more and be more. Hers is an obsession with living, with creativity and success, and it is this that makes her such an irresistible figure.Sylvia Plath photographed with typewriter in Yorkshire, September 1956
The journal entries included in this volume are dated as early as July 1950, when Plath is an eighteen year old just about to begin college, and reveal a refined style and outlook that seems way ahead of her time. An all-American girl on the surface, she craves both independence and sexual freedom, and has ambitious in an age when success for women was defined as being wives and mothers. Thus, although often preoccupied with dating and husband-hunting she is calculating in romance, knowing the precarity of women in the 1950s. Unable to see herself in the hallowed image of a domestic subservient, she wants equality; she negotiates her femininity vis-a-vis the 'masculinity' of her aspirations and often mentions her envy for the ease of male living.
Her conception of her own femininity and wholeness sees a subtle shift in later years, post her affair with Richard Sassoon and her marrying Ted Hughes, but she continues to assert her talents while balancing her role as a wife. Plath's veritable adoration for Hughes soaks through much of her writing in the later half, and it is perhaps because of her finally having the kind of companionship she craves that her entries in this period shift from being exercises in expression to concerned mostly with description. Even so, there remains in her a loneliness that she can not share, one she often ascribes to her inability to tap her talents to the fullest.
In these later entries we see Plath pushing herself to write and publish, describing in earnest the cycle of rejections and acceptances and what it's like to earn a living through letters, giving a sense of her competitiveness with contemporaries like Adrienne Rich and Anne Sexton, and, not least, her experiences with therapy and coming face-to-face with her personal issues and familial demons. There is too a sense of Plath boxing herself into her role as a wife and internalising a sense of lack, often seeking to synthesise the creative energy of the womb with that emanating from her pen.
It is difficult to read these journals in one go鈥攁s private documentation of the poet's life, they exert a sense of guilt and voyeurism on the reader. At the same time, Plath's writing here is not always raw but artistic and coolly analytical, often veering into the territory of writing practice, where she records details and observations to enliven future efforts at composition. Often, these journals read like a variation of the confessional poetry she became best known for, blurring the line between the poet and the person considerably in some places while reasserting it in others.Sylvia Plath photographed by Ted Hughes, 1960
Of course, as with all journals, Plath's can only be read through the gaps between them. It is true that people most often write journal entries as a form of cathartic release when they're upset, and Plath says as much herself. Thus, to see her entries as a wholly accurate picture of her temperament would be rather misleading.
An additional problem is posed by the fact that insight on crucial moments in her life鈥攕uch as the birth of her children, her separation from Hughes, and her final days鈥攊s often missing due to the fact that Plath simply did not keep a journal during some periods (such as during her senior year of college), and that at least two of her journals have gone missing or been destroyed by Hughes. Moreover, given the control he exercised over Plath's work after her death, it would not be entirely unfounded to suspect Hughes of tampering even with those journals which he released for publication.
Nevertheless, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath is indeed a valuable volume for those who have been moved and fascinated by the legend of Plath. While it does not provide one with the complete picture of her mind, it privileges readers a glimpse into the blazing talents and meticulous sensibilities of one of the most dynamic and acclaimed literary figures of the 20th century.
dnf
March 6, 2016I will not rate this book.
It's too hard for me to finish reading. I feel like I'm intruding. I love memoirs, but this is not one. This is a collection of raw feelings/thoughts. Would Sylvia Plath have published her diaries, had she survived? Would she have changed them before publication?
It's too hard for me to finish reading. I feel like I'm intruding. I love memoirs, but this is not one. This is a collection of raw feelings/thoughts. Would Sylvia Plath have published her diaries, had she survived? Would she have changed them before publication?
June 12, 2020
亘爻賷胤丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞 賮賷 丕賱丌賳 賳賮爻賴貙 賵氐丕丿賯丞貙 賵賱睾鬲賴丕 廿卮丕乇賷賾丞貙 賵鬲購毓胤賷 乇亘賲丕 兀爻亘丕亘賸丕 賱丕賳鬲丨丕乇賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞貨 丕賱囟賷丕毓貙 賵賮賯丿丕賳 丕賱匕丕鬲貙 賵毓匕丕亘 丕賱賳賮爻 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱胤賲賵丨 丕賱亘毓賷丿貙 賰賲丕 賯丕賱 丕賱賲鬲賳亘賷:
賱丨丕 丕賱賱賴 匕賷 丕賱丿賳賷丕 賲購賳丕禺賸丕 賱乇丕賰亘賺
賮賰購賱賾 亘毓賷丿 丕賱賴賲賾 賮賷賴丕 賲購毓匕賾亘購
賱丨丕 丕賱賱賴 匕賷 丕賱丿賳賷丕 賲購賳丕禺賸丕 賱乇丕賰亘賺
賮賰購賱賾 亘毓賷丿 丕賱賴賲賾 賮賷賴丕 賲購毓匕賾亘購
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February 15, 2025Reading Plath is like playing gamble; you never know whether the next line is going to be the deepest tumblr-esque line about being a woman in this world or, you know, a completely uncalled for, unnecessarily racist observation.
March 13, 2020
my first ever encounter with Sylvia Plath was with her poem 'Daddy' -
// bit my pretty red heart in two.
I was ten when they buried you.
At twenty I tried to die
And get back, back, back to you.
I thought even the bones would do.
But they pulled me out of the sack,
And they stuck me together with glue. //
I couldn't understand at that time why I was able to connect with her, but some time later when I was in my own labyrinth I was able to comprehend the attachment I formed with her. In some really severe hopeless moments, I found solace in the words of the person who, like everyone around us, was thrown into the real world with a really brute force. But unlike everyone else, it took her, and to some extent, me, years to find a stable ground. When everyone around was growing with a pace that seemed unattainable to me, there I was - with Sylvia, stuck in a world where we were convinced that the only way to live was by being hard on ourselves. She taught me how to reflect on myself and my thoughts, and slowly I found myself getting out of the bell jar.
I don't know if I found her or if she found me, all I know is that we have always belonged together. They say that you're an amalgamation of all the books you read, but of all the authors I've ever read she's the one I feel the most myself with.
she died when she was 30. She committed suicide by suffocating herself to death. She couldn't find her own ability to stand up, but she helped me find mine.
a book that I revisit every year.
// bit my pretty red heart in two.
I was ten when they buried you.
At twenty I tried to die
And get back, back, back to you.
I thought even the bones would do.
But they pulled me out of the sack,
And they stuck me together with glue. //
I couldn't understand at that time why I was able to connect with her, but some time later when I was in my own labyrinth I was able to comprehend the attachment I formed with her. In some really severe hopeless moments, I found solace in the words of the person who, like everyone around us, was thrown into the real world with a really brute force. But unlike everyone else, it took her, and to some extent, me, years to find a stable ground. When everyone around was growing with a pace that seemed unattainable to me, there I was - with Sylvia, stuck in a world where we were convinced that the only way to live was by being hard on ourselves. She taught me how to reflect on myself and my thoughts, and slowly I found myself getting out of the bell jar.
I don't know if I found her or if she found me, all I know is that we have always belonged together. They say that you're an amalgamation of all the books you read, but of all the authors I've ever read she's the one I feel the most myself with.
she died when she was 30. She committed suicide by suffocating herself to death. She couldn't find her own ability to stand up, but she helped me find mine.
a book that I revisit every year.
August 14, 2018
賲匕賰乇丕鬲賴丕 噩毓賱鬲賳賷 兀卮毓乇 兀賳賳賷 氐丿賷賯丞 賲賯乇亘丞 賱賴丕. 毓馗賷賲丞.
February 7, 2017
丕賷賳 賰鬲丕亘 賰丕丿賵賶 鬲賵賱丿 賳賴 爻丕賱 倬賷卮賲 亘賵丿
賵 丕賲爻丕賱 禺賵賳丿賲卮
鬲乇噩賲賴 毓丕賱賶 賰鬲丕亘 鬲丨爻賷賳 亘乇丕賳诏賷夭賴
丕賲丕 丨匕賮 賴丕賶 夭賷丕丿 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇賵 丕匕賷鬲 賲賷賰賳賴
丕賱亘鬲賴 丕賮爻乇丿诏賶 倬賱丕鬲 賴賲 禺賵賳丿賳 賰鬲丕亘賵 爻禺鬲 賲賷賰賳賴 賵賱賶 丕賷賳賰賴 丕賷賳 賴賲賴 爻丕賱 禺丕胤乇賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 賵 賵賯鬲賶 禺丕胤乇丕鬲卮賵 賲賷禺賵賳賶 丕賳賯丿 亘賴卮 丕丨爻丕爻 賳夭丿賷賰賶 賲賷賰賳賶 丕賳诏丕乇 賰賴 夭賳丿诏賶 禺賵丿鬲賴 禺賷賱賶 賯卮賳诏賴
賵 丕賲爻丕賱 禺賵賳丿賲卮
鬲乇噩賲賴 毓丕賱賶 賰鬲丕亘 鬲丨爻賷賳 亘乇丕賳诏賷夭賴
丕賲丕 丨匕賮 賴丕賶 夭賷丕丿 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇賵 丕匕賷鬲 賲賷賰賳賴
丕賱亘鬲賴 丕賮爻乇丿诏賶 倬賱丕鬲 賴賲 禺賵賳丿賳 賰鬲丕亘賵 爻禺鬲 賲賷賰賳賴 賵賱賶 丕賷賳賰賴 丕賷賳 賴賲賴 爻丕賱 禺丕胤乇賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 賵 賵賯鬲賶 禺丕胤乇丕鬲卮賵 賲賷禺賵賳賶 丕賳賯丿 亘賴卮 丕丨爻丕爻 賳夭丿賷賰賶 賲賷賰賳賶 丕賳诏丕乇 賰賴 夭賳丿诏賶 禺賵丿鬲賴 禺賷賱賶 賯卮賳诏賴
November 1, 2017
丕賳丿賵賴 賵 丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖 丿乇 爻賮蹖丿蹖 賲蹖丕賳 禺胤賵胤貙 讴賱賲賴鈥屬囏� 賵 鬲丕乇蹖禺鈥屬囏й� 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇禺賳賴 讴乇丿賴鈥屫з嗀�. 丕夭 丕賵賱蹖賳 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲蹖 讴賴 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 丿乇 跇賵卅蹖賴鈥屰� 郾酃鄣郯 賳賵卮鬲賴 鬲丕 讴賲蹖 賯亘賱 丕夭 禺賵丿讴卮蹖鈥屫ж� 丿乇 郾酃鄱鄢 趩蹖夭蹖 卮亘蹖賴 蹖讴 丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖 讴卮賳丿賴 賵 賳丕鬲賲丕賲 噩乇蹖丕賳 丿丕乇丿貙 賲孬賱 丌亘蹖 诏賱鈥屫①勝堌� 讴賴 丕賵賱 丌乇丕賲 賵 乇丕讴丿 丕爻鬲 丕賲丕 亘毓丿 賳蹖乇賵 賲蹖鈥屭屫憋拷锟� 賵 亘賴 爻蹖賱蹖 賵蹖乇丕賳鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 亘蹖鈥屬堌ж池焚� 賵 亘丿賵賳 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賳賴鈥屭嗁嗀з� 賮丕丨卮蹖 賴賲丕賳 丿禺鬲乇讴蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丨亘丕亘 卮蹖卮賴貙 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 鬲丕 賲乇夭蹖 丕夭 爻賯賵胤 丿乇 馗賱賲丕鬲 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必� 倬爻 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 丿乇 賯賱賲乇賵蹖蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 乇丕 毓乇蹖丕賳 賵 毓丕乇蹖 丕夭 賴乇 賳賯丕亘蹖 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖 賵 賳賮乇鬲 賵 爻蹖丕賴蹖 乇丕 賳丿丕卮鬲.
賳賵卮鬲賳 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕賸 卮亘蹖賴 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲. 蹖讴 乇賳噩 倬蹖賵爻鬲賴 賵 亘乇丕蹖 鬲丕亘 丌賵乇丿賳 丕蹖賳 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 亘丕蹖丿 賲乇賴賲蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿. 蹖讴 鬲爻讴蹖賳. 亘乇丕蹖 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 丕蹖賳 鬲爻讴蹖賳 趩丕倬 卮丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳/ 卮毓乇賴丕蹖卮 丿乇 賳卮乇蹖丕鬲 賲毓鬲亘乇 丌賳 爻丕賱鈥屬囏ж池� 賵 趩乇丕 丕賵 讴賴 賲丿丕賲 賲蹖丕賳 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 趩賯丿乇 禺賵亘 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池� 蹖丕 丕氐賱丕賸 趩乇丕 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池� 丿乇 噩賳诏 丕爻鬲 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 讴丕賮蹖 賲賵乇丿 鬲賵噩賴 賳亘賵丿賴責 丕蹖賳 丨丕賱丕鬲 賳丕禺賵卮蹖貙 胤乇丿 讴乇丿賳 賳賵卮鬲賳 賵 賲蹖賱 亘乇丕蹖 賮乇丕乇 丕夭 讴賱賲賴鈥屬囏� 賵 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賳 亘賴 蹖讴 丌丿賲 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 讴賴 讴丕乇 讴丕乇賲賳丿蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 賳賵卮鬲賳 亘乇丕蹖卮 亘丕乇蹖 亘賴 賴乇 噩賴鬲 丕爻鬲貙鈥� 賱匕鬲鈥屬囏й屫� 亘蹖鈥屬呚й屬� 賵 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屬囏й屫� 賲爻禺乇賴鈥�... 诏丕賴 賵 亘蹖鈥屭з� 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀ж藏� 讴賴 賴賲賴鈥屭嗃屫� 乇丕 讴賳丕乇 亘诏匕丕乇丿 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 乇丕賴鈥屫� 賳賴 賯胤毓蹖 丕爻鬲 賵 賳賴 丌乇丕賲鈥屫ㄘ�.
亘丕乇丕賳 乇蹖夭 爻乇丿 丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖 乇賵蹖 爻乇賲貙 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 賮讴乇 賳賵卮鬲賳 賯氐賴鈥屫й� 亘賴 爻乇賲 賲蹖鈥屫操嗀�.
賴蹖趩鈥屭嗃屫槽� 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 乇丕 賳噩丕鬲 賳賲蹖鈥屫囏�. 賳賴 賴賲爻乇卮 讴賴 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 夭賳丕卮賵蹖蹖 亘賴 丕賵 禺蹖丕賳鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕賲丕 丌丿賲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲毓賳丕蹖 噩賳诏鈥屬囏й� 丿乇賵賳蹖 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呚� 賵 賳賴 丿讴鬲乇卮 讴賴 爻毓蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 乇蹖卮賴鈥屬囏й� 賳賮乇鬲卮 乇丕 倬蹖丿丕 讴賳丿. 賳賴 賲丕丿乇卮 讴賴 丕乇鬲亘丕胤卮 亘丕 丕賵 毓噩蹖亘鈥屬堌贺臂屫� 丕爻鬲... 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丿乇賵賳 丕賵 賴爻鬲貙 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 乇丕貙 賳丕亘賵丿蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖卮 丕噩鬲賳丕亘鈥屬嗀з矩佰屫� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 趩蹖夭蹖 卮亘蹖賴 蹖讴 丨賮乇賴鈥屫й� 爻蹖丕賴貙 賯蹖乇賲丕賳賳丿貙 蹖禺鈥屫藏�.
禺賵卮丨丕賱 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 噩夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 卮丿賳 讴丕乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丕夭 丿爻鬲賲 亘乇賳賲蹖鈥屫③屫� 賵賱蹖 丨丕賱丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲賲. 丨鬲蹖 蹖讴 噩賲賱賴 賴賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘賳賵蹖爻賲: 鬲乇爻 賵 噩賳賵賳 賲乇诏亘丕乇 賲乇丕 丕夭 倬丕 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴.
丿賳蹖丕 亘丕蹖丿 禺蹖賱蹖 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴 亘丕卮丿貙 賵賯鬲蹖 丿蹖诏乇丕賳賳丿 讴賴 鬲毓蹖蹖賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 鬲賵 讴賴 賴爻鬲蹖責 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屫й� 蹖丕 賳賴. 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 丿丕乇蹖 蹖丕 賳賴. 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥屫ж� 亘賴 丿乇丿亘禺賵乇 賴爻鬲 蹖丕 賳賴責 賱丕蹖賯 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴爻鬲蹖 蹖丕 賳賴責 丿賳蹖丕 丕睾賱亘 丕賵賯丕鬲 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴 丕爻鬲.
賳賵卮鬲賳 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕賸 卮亘蹖賴 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲. 蹖讴 乇賳噩 倬蹖賵爻鬲賴 賵 亘乇丕蹖 鬲丕亘 丌賵乇丿賳 丕蹖賳 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 亘丕蹖丿 賲乇賴賲蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿. 蹖讴 鬲爻讴蹖賳. 亘乇丕蹖 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 丕蹖賳 鬲爻讴蹖賳 趩丕倬 卮丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳/ 卮毓乇賴丕蹖卮 丿乇 賳卮乇蹖丕鬲 賲毓鬲亘乇 丌賳 爻丕賱鈥屬囏ж池� 賵 趩乇丕 丕賵 讴賴 賲丿丕賲 賲蹖丕賳 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 趩賯丿乇 禺賵亘 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池� 蹖丕 丕氐賱丕賸 趩乇丕 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池� 丿乇 噩賳诏 丕爻鬲 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 讴丕賮蹖 賲賵乇丿 鬲賵噩賴 賳亘賵丿賴責 丕蹖賳 丨丕賱丕鬲 賳丕禺賵卮蹖貙 胤乇丿 讴乇丿賳 賳賵卮鬲賳 賵 賲蹖賱 亘乇丕蹖 賮乇丕乇 丕夭 讴賱賲賴鈥屬囏� 賵 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賳 亘賴 蹖讴 丌丿賲 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 讴賴 讴丕乇 讴丕乇賲賳丿蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 賳賵卮鬲賳 亘乇丕蹖卮 亘丕乇蹖 亘賴 賴乇 噩賴鬲 丕爻鬲貙鈥� 賱匕鬲鈥屬囏й屫� 亘蹖鈥屬呚й屬� 賵 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屬囏й屫� 賲爻禺乇賴鈥�... 诏丕賴 賵 亘蹖鈥屭з� 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀ж藏� 讴賴 賴賲賴鈥屭嗃屫� 乇丕 讴賳丕乇 亘诏匕丕乇丿 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 乇丕賴鈥屫� 賳賴 賯胤毓蹖 丕爻鬲 賵 賳賴 丌乇丕賲鈥屫ㄘ�.
亘丕乇丕賳 乇蹖夭 爻乇丿 丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖 乇賵蹖 爻乇賲貙 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 賮讴乇 賳賵卮鬲賳 賯氐賴鈥屫й� 亘賴 爻乇賲 賲蹖鈥屫操嗀�.
賴蹖趩鈥屭嗃屫槽� 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 乇丕 賳噩丕鬲 賳賲蹖鈥屫囏�. 賳賴 賴賲爻乇卮 讴賴 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 夭賳丕卮賵蹖蹖 亘賴 丕賵 禺蹖丕賳鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕賲丕 丌丿賲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲毓賳丕蹖 噩賳诏鈥屬囏й� 丿乇賵賳蹖 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呚� 賵 賳賴 丿讴鬲乇卮 讴賴 爻毓蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 乇蹖卮賴鈥屬囏й� 賳賮乇鬲卮 乇丕 倬蹖丿丕 讴賳丿. 賳賴 賲丕丿乇卮 讴賴 丕乇鬲亘丕胤卮 亘丕 丕賵 毓噩蹖亘鈥屬堌贺臂屫� 丕爻鬲... 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丿乇賵賳 丕賵 賴爻鬲貙 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 乇丕貙 賳丕亘賵丿蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖卮 丕噩鬲賳丕亘鈥屬嗀з矩佰屫� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 趩蹖夭蹖 卮亘蹖賴 蹖讴 丨賮乇賴鈥屫й� 爻蹖丕賴貙 賯蹖乇賲丕賳賳丿貙 蹖禺鈥屫藏�.
禺賵卮丨丕賱 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 噩夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 卮丿賳 讴丕乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丕夭 丿爻鬲賲 亘乇賳賲蹖鈥屫③屫� 賵賱蹖 丨丕賱丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲賲. 丨鬲蹖 蹖讴 噩賲賱賴 賴賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘賳賵蹖爻賲: 鬲乇爻 賵 噩賳賵賳 賲乇诏亘丕乇 賲乇丕 丕夭 倬丕 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴.
丿賳蹖丕 亘丕蹖丿 禺蹖賱蹖 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴 亘丕卮丿貙 賵賯鬲蹖 丿蹖诏乇丕賳賳丿 讴賴 鬲毓蹖蹖賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 鬲賵 讴賴 賴爻鬲蹖責 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屫й� 蹖丕 賳賴. 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 丿丕乇蹖 蹖丕 賳賴. 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥屫ж� 亘賴 丿乇丿亘禺賵乇 賴爻鬲 蹖丕 賳賴責 賱丕蹖賯 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴爻鬲蹖 蹖丕 賳賴責 丿賳蹖丕 丕睾賱亘 丕賵賯丕鬲 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴 丕爻鬲.
August 4, 2019
"丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘"
鬲賳賴丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 蹖讴 氐賮丨賴 丕夭 賲賯丿賲賴 賲鬲乇噩賲 讴丕賮蹖爻鬲 鬲丕 丿乇蹖丕亘蹖 亘丕 丕孬乇蹖 賮賵賯 丕賱毓丕丿賴 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 乇賵亘賴 乇賵蹖蹖..丕孬乇蹖 讴丕賲賱丕 卮禺氐蹖..匕賴賳 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 讴賴 賲鬲毓賱賯 亘賴 鬲賵 賳蹖爻鬲..
爻賯賵胤 賵 卮讴爻鬲賳 蹖讴 賮乇丿 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖..丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖..卮讴 亘賴 禺賵丿 丿乇 賲爻蹖乇蹖 丕卮鬲亘丕賴..亘丕賯蹖 賲丕賳丿賳 丿乇 賯賮爻 诏匕卮鬲賴..亘丕乇丕賳 賳丕 丕賲蹖丿蹖 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕爻賲丕賳 賴乇 乇賵夭 丕蹖賳丿賴 鬲 乇丕 賮乇丕 诏乇賮鬲賴, 賲卮讴賱丕鬲 賵 禺丕胤乇丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賴賲趩賵賳 蹖讴 丕賮毓蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賲睾夭鬲 夭賳丿賴 丕爻鬲, 鬲讴賴 鬲讴賴 賵噩賵丿鬲 乇丕 亘丕 丿乇丿蹖 賲爻賲賵賲 賵 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 丕睾卮鬲賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿..鬲丕 亘賴 丕賳噩丕 賲蹖乇爻蹖 讴賴 賮賯胤 賲蹖禺賵丕賴蹖 賳亘丕卮蹖..賳亘賵丿賳 卮乇賵毓 诏匕卮鬲賳 丕夭 禺賵丿 丕爻鬲..倬丕爻禺 亘賴 爻賵丕賱 丌蹖丕 亘丕蹖丿 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 讴賳蹖賲責 丿賯蹖賯丕 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 噩丕爻鬲..噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賵噩賵丿 禺賵丿 賲蹖诏匕乇蹖賲 賵 賳亘賵丿賳 乇丕 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 賲蹖讴賳蹖賲..
禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 亘賵丿,丿乇 賮乇賴賳诏 賲丕 毓丕丿鬲 讴乇丿賴 丕蹖賲 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 丕賮乇丕丿 賲賵賮賯 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賳蹖賲,丕賮乇丕丿 鬲賱丕卮诏乇 賵 賴丿賮賲賳丿,丕賮乇丕丿蹖 讴賴 賴乇 乇賵夭 丕夭 禺丕胤乇丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 丕賳丿 丿乇 丨丕賱 賳夭丿蹖讴 卮丿賳 亘賴 丕賴丿丕賮卮丕賳 亘賵丿賴 丕賳丿..禺丕胤乇丕鬲 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 丕賲丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 丕爻鬲..亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 蹖 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賳賵卮鬲賴 蹖 卮丿賴 蹖 丿蹖诏乇..禺丕胤乇賴 蹖 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 毓丕丿蹖..禺丕胤乇賴 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 丿乇 賲爻蹖乇蹖 丕卮鬲亘丕賴
禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賮乇爻丕蹖卮蹖 亘賵丿..禺丕胤乇丕鬲 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 亘乇丕蹖 "丿蹖诏乇丕賳" 賳賵卮鬲賴 賳卮丿賴..
禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕 夭丿賳 丿乇 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 噩賴丕賳 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 亘賵丿..噩賴丕賳蹖 forever decayin 蹖丕 丿乇 夭賵丕賱蹖 丕亘丿蹖..噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 賴乇 趩賴 夭賲丕賳,丕蹖賳 倬丕乇丕賲鬲乇 賳丕 賲卮禺氐 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳,亘乇 丕賳 賲蹖诏匕卮鬲..亘蹖 鬲賵噩賴 亘賴 賵賯丕蹖毓 亘丕夭 賴賲 乇丕賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 爻賵蹖 禺賵丿賳丕亘賵丿蹖 賲蹖丕賮鬲..丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 賴賲乇丕賴 卮丿賳 亘丕 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕蹖 鬲賱禺 亘賵丿 丕賲丕 賲賳 乇賵 亘賴 賳賵卮鬲賳 鬲卮賵蹖賯 讴乇丿,賳賵卮鬲賳 丕賳趩賴 丿乇 匕賴賳 賲賳 賵 亘乇 賲賳 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿..
倬.賳:丨匕賮蹖丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿 賲鬲乇噩賲 丕匕蹖鬲 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿
倬.賳:毓賲賱 鬲丿 賴蹖賵夭 亘乇 丨匕賮 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 丿賵爻丕賱 丕禺乇 讴賴 亘丕 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 倬賱丕鬲 倬丕蹖丕賳 诏乇賮鬲 丕诏乇 趩賴 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴 丕賲丕 爻亘亘 卮丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 賳丕 鬲賲丕賲 亘丕卮丿..賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 亘丕 丨爻 毓丿賲 丕睾賳丕 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 亘亘乇丿
鬲賳賴丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 蹖讴 氐賮丨賴 丕夭 賲賯丿賲賴 賲鬲乇噩賲 讴丕賮蹖爻鬲 鬲丕 丿乇蹖丕亘蹖 亘丕 丕孬乇蹖 賮賵賯 丕賱毓丕丿賴 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 乇賵亘賴 乇賵蹖蹖..丕孬乇蹖 讴丕賲賱丕 卮禺氐蹖..匕賴賳 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 讴賴 賲鬲毓賱賯 亘賴 鬲賵 賳蹖爻鬲..
爻賯賵胤 賵 卮讴爻鬲賳 蹖讴 賮乇丿 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖..丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖..卮讴 亘賴 禺賵丿 丿乇 賲爻蹖乇蹖 丕卮鬲亘丕賴..亘丕賯蹖 賲丕賳丿賳 丿乇 賯賮爻 诏匕卮鬲賴..亘丕乇丕賳 賳丕 丕賲蹖丿蹖 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕爻賲丕賳 賴乇 乇賵夭 丕蹖賳丿賴 鬲 乇丕 賮乇丕 诏乇賮鬲賴, 賲卮讴賱丕鬲 賵 禺丕胤乇丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賴賲趩賵賳 蹖讴 丕賮毓蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賲睾夭鬲 夭賳丿賴 丕爻鬲, 鬲讴賴 鬲讴賴 賵噩賵丿鬲 乇丕 亘丕 丿乇丿蹖 賲爻賲賵賲 賵 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 丕睾卮鬲賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿..鬲丕 亘賴 丕賳噩丕 賲蹖乇爻蹖 讴賴 賮賯胤 賲蹖禺賵丕賴蹖 賳亘丕卮蹖..賳亘賵丿賳 卮乇賵毓 诏匕卮鬲賳 丕夭 禺賵丿 丕爻鬲..倬丕爻禺 亘賴 爻賵丕賱 丌蹖丕 亘丕蹖丿 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 讴賳蹖賲責 丿賯蹖賯丕 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 噩丕爻鬲..噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賵噩賵丿 禺賵丿 賲蹖诏匕乇蹖賲 賵 賳亘賵丿賳 乇丕 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 賲蹖讴賳蹖賲..
禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 亘賵丿,丿乇 賮乇賴賳诏 賲丕 毓丕丿鬲 讴乇丿賴 丕蹖賲 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 丕賮乇丕丿 賲賵賮賯 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賳蹖賲,丕賮乇丕丿 鬲賱丕卮诏乇 賵 賴丿賮賲賳丿,丕賮乇丕丿蹖 讴賴 賴乇 乇賵夭 丕夭 禺丕胤乇丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 丕賳丿 丿乇 丨丕賱 賳夭丿蹖讴 卮丿賳 亘賴 丕賴丿丕賮卮丕賳 亘賵丿賴 丕賳丿..禺丕胤乇丕鬲 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 丕賲丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 丕爻鬲..亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 蹖 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賳賵卮鬲賴 蹖 卮丿賴 蹖 丿蹖诏乇..禺丕胤乇賴 蹖 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 毓丕丿蹖..禺丕胤乇賴 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 丿乇 賲爻蹖乇蹖 丕卮鬲亘丕賴
禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賮乇爻丕蹖卮蹖 亘賵丿..禺丕胤乇丕鬲 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 亘乇丕蹖 "丿蹖诏乇丕賳" 賳賵卮鬲賴 賳卮丿賴..
禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕 夭丿賳 丿乇 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 噩賴丕賳 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 亘賵丿..噩賴丕賳蹖 forever decayin 蹖丕 丿乇 夭賵丕賱蹖 丕亘丿蹖..噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 賴乇 趩賴 夭賲丕賳,丕蹖賳 倬丕乇丕賲鬲乇 賳丕 賲卮禺氐 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳,亘乇 丕賳 賲蹖诏匕卮鬲..亘蹖 鬲賵噩賴 亘賴 賵賯丕蹖毓 亘丕夭 賴賲 乇丕賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 爻賵蹖 禺賵丿賳丕亘賵丿蹖 賲蹖丕賮鬲..丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 賴賲乇丕賴 卮丿賳 亘丕 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕 倬賱丕鬲 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕蹖 鬲賱禺 亘賵丿 丕賲丕 賲賳 乇賵 亘賴 賳賵卮鬲賳 鬲卮賵蹖賯 讴乇丿,賳賵卮鬲賳 丕賳趩賴 丿乇 匕賴賳 賲賳 賵 亘乇 賲賳 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿..
倬.賳:丨匕賮蹖丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿 賲鬲乇噩賲 丕匕蹖鬲 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿
倬.賳:毓賲賱 鬲丿 賴蹖賵夭 亘乇 丨匕賮 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 丿賵爻丕賱 丕禺乇 讴賴 亘丕 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 倬賱丕鬲 倬丕蹖丕賳 诏乇賮鬲 丕诏乇 趩賴 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴 丕賲丕 爻亘亘 卮丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 賳丕 鬲賲丕賲 亘丕卮丿..賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 亘丕 丨爻 毓丿賲 丕睾賳丕 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 亘亘乇丿
November 19, 2011
This is the book that introduced me to Sylvia Plath. Her poetry and 'The Bell Jar' would follow. I came to appreciate her love for just writing. She can make the most mundane interesting. To truly have a complete picture of Sylvia Plath, 'The Journals' are integral. One of my great thrills was to visit Smith College, and meet Karen Kukil and actually pick up and read the actual journals. In the Mortimer rare book room, I was also able to see the drafts of her poems written on the pink Smith College stationary. To read the Journals for me was to get closer to the real Sylvia Plath, and away from the sensationalized version. Highly recommended for anyone interested in Sylvia Plath.
May 6, 2021
I picked up this book to get an intimate understanding of Sylva Plath. What made this woman tick? I wanted to get a handle on both her thoughts and her emotions. Secondly, I love lyrical prose, but have a hard time sitting down with an anthology, and so I thought this book would fit the bill. The book satisfied me on both accounts.
I lapped up Plath鈥檚 vivid, colorful, emotive prose. Her descriptions overflow with perfectly chosen details. I was looking for beautiful, lyrical prose and I got it. Of course, not in every line. Plath鈥檚 prose goes up and down, along with her moods. Plath was diagnosed as being clinically depressed for much of her adult life. She underwent electroconvulsive therapy and consulted psychiatrists. All along the way, I sensed in her writing her emotional state.
What makes the book difficult to read is that so much is missing. The problem is not just that her last two journals are missing鈥攖he last was destroyed by Ted Hughes and the one before that he said could not be found. Journal entries for the days preceding her suicide are thus absent. Her poems are not here; instead she throws out ideas for new novels and short stories. The journals were never intended for publication. As a consequence, they are not always simple to follow. Lines can be misinterpreted. Who is who is not explained. In her journal, after the party when she first met Ted, she obliquely speaks of meeting a 鈥渂ig dark hunky boy, the only one huge enough for me.鈥� This is in fact Ted. He kisses her. She returns with a bite to his cheek. In addition to being confusing, at several crucial periods in her life, Plath wrote not a word in her journals. Startling is the absence of information even at those times when she has daily entries. Extremely little is said about Ted after they first meet! I cannot remember her saying a single thing about the electroshock treatments. When Plath finally becomes pregnant, after moaning and groaning about not ovulating and thus not being able to get pregnant, she fails to rejoice in her journal when she does become pregnant! I counted backwards from the birth and so knew when the pregnancy must have begun to show, but she says not a word. What you note is that her complaining abruptly stops!
My point is this, even if you have read Plath biographies, it is important to keep in mind the exact days when events occur. Why? Because this information is often lacking. I made the following dateline chart so the dates would be easily accessible. I put it here to help others.
DATELINE
*Sylvia Plath: American poet, Oct 27, 1932 鈥� Feb 11, 1963
*Ted Hughes: English poet, August 17, 1930 鈥� Oct 28, 1998
*August 24, 1953: Plath's first medically documented suicide attempt.
*Feb 25, 1956: Plath and Hughes first meet-she s 23 and he鈥檚 25.
*June 16, 1956: Plath and Hughes marry.
*April 1, 1960: Frieda born (London) and is still alive.
*February 1961: Miscarriage
*January 17, 1962: Nicholas born (North Tawton, UK). Death by suicide on Mar 16, 2009.
*June 1962: Plath鈥檚 car accident / suicide attempt
*July 1962: Plath鈥檚 discovery of Hughes鈥� affair with Assia Gitmann Wevill.
*September / October 1962: Plath and Hughes separate.
*February 11, 1963: Plath鈥檚 suicide
I find it particularly interesting to note Plath鈥檚 thoughts and emotions as these events occur, although they are not pointedly mentioned!
The book is by no means a typical autobiography. The reader must be aware of the events of Sylvia Plath鈥檚 life, before reading this book! The title of the book indicates that one is given her unabridged journal entries, and that is exactly what one is given, nothing more! Added editorial information is minimal.
Plath discusses authors that she admires. She dissects how they write so she can learn from them. It is fun to observe her analyses of books and authors you have read yourself! Both she and I are fans of D.H. Lawrence.
Reading this book, one cannot help but ponder the relationship between Plath and Hughes. She loved him to pieces. When he betrayed her, it is not surprising she fell apart. An emotionally strong and stable woman might be able to cope with infidelity, but this Plath was not! She had a whirlwind vitality and vibrant energy, but underneath she was unsure of herself. Lacking in self-confidence, she demanded always more of herself, to a point where she cracks.
Portions, i.e. fragments of journals, notes and letters, are taken out of the central text and placed in appendices. I see no logical explanation for the information relegated here. Nicholas鈥� birth is placed in an appendix! The appendices are not all arranged in chronological order. I wanted to listen to them with the journal entries of the same period. In the audio format, this is possible but complicated鈥攜ou have to go back and forth between different parts. Until you get the hang of it, it鈥檚 easy to get lost. It is both time consuming and annoying. The appendices are a nuisance.
Tanya Eby narrates the audiobook very well. With the new Audible app, I reduced the speed down to 90% and then it was perfect. Words are clearly pronounced and spoken with feeling. Four stars for the narration.
It is easier to read a biography than this. There is so much missing. The advantage of this is that you hear Plath鈥檚 own words. Next in line for me is to look at the couple鈥檚 marriage from Ted Hughes鈥� perspective. I have already begun .
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I lapped up Plath鈥檚 vivid, colorful, emotive prose. Her descriptions overflow with perfectly chosen details. I was looking for beautiful, lyrical prose and I got it. Of course, not in every line. Plath鈥檚 prose goes up and down, along with her moods. Plath was diagnosed as being clinically depressed for much of her adult life. She underwent electroconvulsive therapy and consulted psychiatrists. All along the way, I sensed in her writing her emotional state.
What makes the book difficult to read is that so much is missing. The problem is not just that her last two journals are missing鈥攖he last was destroyed by Ted Hughes and the one before that he said could not be found. Journal entries for the days preceding her suicide are thus absent. Her poems are not here; instead she throws out ideas for new novels and short stories. The journals were never intended for publication. As a consequence, they are not always simple to follow. Lines can be misinterpreted. Who is who is not explained. In her journal, after the party when she first met Ted, she obliquely speaks of meeting a 鈥渂ig dark hunky boy, the only one huge enough for me.鈥� This is in fact Ted. He kisses her. She returns with a bite to his cheek. In addition to being confusing, at several crucial periods in her life, Plath wrote not a word in her journals. Startling is the absence of information even at those times when she has daily entries. Extremely little is said about Ted after they first meet! I cannot remember her saying a single thing about the electroshock treatments. When Plath finally becomes pregnant, after moaning and groaning about not ovulating and thus not being able to get pregnant, she fails to rejoice in her journal when she does become pregnant! I counted backwards from the birth and so knew when the pregnancy must have begun to show, but she says not a word. What you note is that her complaining abruptly stops!
My point is this, even if you have read Plath biographies, it is important to keep in mind the exact days when events occur. Why? Because this information is often lacking. I made the following dateline chart so the dates would be easily accessible. I put it here to help others.
DATELINE
*Sylvia Plath: American poet, Oct 27, 1932 鈥� Feb 11, 1963
*Ted Hughes: English poet, August 17, 1930 鈥� Oct 28, 1998
*August 24, 1953: Plath's first medically documented suicide attempt.
*Feb 25, 1956: Plath and Hughes first meet-she s 23 and he鈥檚 25.
*June 16, 1956: Plath and Hughes marry.
*April 1, 1960: Frieda born (London) and is still alive.
*February 1961: Miscarriage
*January 17, 1962: Nicholas born (North Tawton, UK). Death by suicide on Mar 16, 2009.
*June 1962: Plath鈥檚 car accident / suicide attempt
*July 1962: Plath鈥檚 discovery of Hughes鈥� affair with Assia Gitmann Wevill.
*September / October 1962: Plath and Hughes separate.
*February 11, 1963: Plath鈥檚 suicide
I find it particularly interesting to note Plath鈥檚 thoughts and emotions as these events occur, although they are not pointedly mentioned!
The book is by no means a typical autobiography. The reader must be aware of the events of Sylvia Plath鈥檚 life, before reading this book! The title of the book indicates that one is given her unabridged journal entries, and that is exactly what one is given, nothing more! Added editorial information is minimal.
Plath discusses authors that she admires. She dissects how they write so she can learn from them. It is fun to observe her analyses of books and authors you have read yourself! Both she and I are fans of D.H. Lawrence.
Reading this book, one cannot help but ponder the relationship between Plath and Hughes. She loved him to pieces. When he betrayed her, it is not surprising she fell apart. An emotionally strong and stable woman might be able to cope with infidelity, but this Plath was not! She had a whirlwind vitality and vibrant energy, but underneath she was unsure of herself. Lacking in self-confidence, she demanded always more of herself, to a point where she cracks.
Portions, i.e. fragments of journals, notes and letters, are taken out of the central text and placed in appendices. I see no logical explanation for the information relegated here. Nicholas鈥� birth is placed in an appendix! The appendices are not all arranged in chronological order. I wanted to listen to them with the journal entries of the same period. In the audio format, this is possible but complicated鈥攜ou have to go back and forth between different parts. Until you get the hang of it, it鈥檚 easy to get lost. It is both time consuming and annoying. The appendices are a nuisance.
Tanya Eby narrates the audiobook very well. With the new Audible app, I reduced the speed down to 90% and then it was perfect. Words are clearly pronounced and spoken with feeling. Four stars for the narration.
It is easier to read a biography than this. There is so much missing. The advantage of this is that you hear Plath鈥檚 own words. Next in line for me is to look at the couple鈥檚 marriage from Ted Hughes鈥� perspective. I have already begun .
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July 8, 2023
鈥淚 don鈥檛 believe in God as a kind father in the sky. I don鈥檛 believe that the meek will inherit the earth. The meek get ignored and trampled. They decompose in the bloody soil of war, of business, of art, and they rot into the warm ground under the spring rains.鈥�
An unabridged collection of Sylvia Plath鈥檚 personal journals. Even at 700+ pages this 6 pound doorstop of a book still has waning gaps of missing time鈥攎issing because her journaling was inconsistent, missing because of her hospitalization after a failed suicide attempt (1953), missing because Ted Hughes 鈥渓ost鈥� at least one journal, missing because Ted Hughes burned her final journal. The editors have done their absolute best to bridge the holes with letters (when available), journal 鈥渇ragments,鈥� footnotes and a rather extensive appendix. Still, it would be to the reader鈥檚 benefit to have a bit of background knowledge about Plath鈥檚 life history before tackling this behemoth.
I鈥檓 struck by the extent of Sylvia鈥檚 crippling codependency with Hughes. There is a distinct change in the tone of her writing once the handsome and talented T.H. enters her sphere of existence. Her focus becomes noticeably less about bettering herself as a poet and a writer and noticeably more about managing and furthering Ted鈥檚 career. I鈥檓 not suggesting he would have floundered without her, I鈥檓 just saying that鈥� well鈥� even though Plath rarely disparages his character, he still comes off looking like a complete asshole.
An unabridged collection of Sylvia Plath鈥檚 personal journals. Even at 700+ pages this 6 pound doorstop of a book still has waning gaps of missing time鈥攎issing because her journaling was inconsistent, missing because of her hospitalization after a failed suicide attempt (1953), missing because Ted Hughes 鈥渓ost鈥� at least one journal, missing because Ted Hughes burned her final journal. The editors have done their absolute best to bridge the holes with letters (when available), journal 鈥渇ragments,鈥� footnotes and a rather extensive appendix. Still, it would be to the reader鈥檚 benefit to have a bit of background knowledge about Plath鈥檚 life history before tackling this behemoth.
I鈥檓 struck by the extent of Sylvia鈥檚 crippling codependency with Hughes. There is a distinct change in the tone of her writing once the handsome and talented T.H. enters her sphere of existence. Her focus becomes noticeably less about bettering herself as a poet and a writer and noticeably more about managing and furthering Ted鈥檚 career. I鈥檓 not suggesting he would have floundered without her, I鈥檓 just saying that鈥� well鈥� even though Plath rarely disparages his character, he still comes off looking like a complete asshole.
January 14, 2018
貙讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇賵 爻乇丕睾 賳丿丕乇賲 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 卮 丕賳賯丿乇 丿賯蹖賯 賵 賴賳乇賲賳丿丕賳賴 賵 毓賲蹖賯貙 鬲賲丕賲 讴賱丕賲 賵 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲賲 亘诏賲 賵賱蹖 丕夭 鬲乇爻 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 卮丿賳 亘賴 丿丕賲 丕亘鬲匕丕賱 賴蹖趩賵賯鬲 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 乇賵 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴. 丨丿賵丿 倬賵賳氐丿 氐賮丨賴 爻 賵 賲爻賱賲賳 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 禺爻鬲賴 讴賳賳丿賴 賴賲 鬲賵卮 賴爻鬲 賵賱蹖 亘禺卮 诏爻鬲乇丿賴 丕蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 亘蹖丕賳 丌卮賮鬲诏蹖 賴丕 賵 鬲卮賵蹖卮 賴丕蹖蹖賴 讴賴 賴乇 夭賳蹖 -賴乇 丌丿賲蹖- 亘丕 丿睾丿睾賴 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲 賵 丿乇噩丕 賳夭丿賳 賵 賮乇丕乇 丕夭 噩賲賵丿 賵 乇禺賵鬲 賴乇 乇賵夭賴 賲賲讴賳賴 亘賴卮 丿趩丕乇 亘卮賴. 禺賵丿 倬賱丕鬲 丕爻賲 讴鬲丕亘 禺丕胤乇丕鬲卮 乇賵 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿: 丿蹖賵丕賳 乇賵蹖丕賴丕貙 丿爻鬲賵乇賴丕 賵 囟乇賵乇蹖丕鬲. 賲蹖 丿賵賳賲 丿乇 丌蹖賳丿賴 亘丕乇賴丕 賵 亘丕乇賴丕 賲蹖乇賲 爻乇丕睾 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘.
June 8, 2021
Nigdy w 偶yciu nie czyta艂am 偶adnej ksi膮偶ki tak d艂ugo, ale trudno艣ci膮 nie by艂a wcale obj臋to艣膰 鈥濪ziennik贸w鈥�, a raczej mnogo艣膰 akapit贸w wymagaj膮cych czasu i porz膮dnego przemy艣lenia. Pocz膮tkowe wpisy to g艂贸wnie rozwa偶ania na temat wyboru tej jednej 鈥瀞艂usznej鈥� 偶yciowej drogi, opisy mi艂osnych przyg贸d Sylvii Plath i jej wielkich ambicji. Im dalej w tre艣膰, tym bardziej koncentrujemy si臋 na pisaniu, kt贸re w pewnym momencie zmienia si臋 w obsesj臋 autorki. Dostajemy zatem ogromne 艣ciany tekstu przepe艂nione opisami zwyk艂ych przedmiot贸w, szkice nigdy nieuko艅czonych powie艣ci, d艂ugie listy imion, kt贸re Plath chcia艂a nada膰 bohaterom swoich kolejnych tekst贸w. 艁atwo si臋 t膮 ksi膮偶k膮 zachwyci膰, ale 艂atwo te偶 poczu膰 si臋 znu偶onym. Zdumiewaj膮ce s膮 jednak umiej臋tno艣ci pisarskie Plath, szczeg贸lnie bior膮c uwag臋, 偶e by艂y to jej prywatne zapiski tworzone w czasach, kiedy nie by艂a jeszcze znana.
Kto powinien sobie t臋 ksi膮偶k臋 odpu艣ci膰? Przede wszystkim ci, kt贸rzy spodziewaj膮 si臋 odnalezienia w niej sensacji zwi膮zanych z licznymi pr贸bami samob贸jczymi autorki czy rozpadem jej ma艂偶e艅stwa. Zaskakuj膮co ma艂o jest w tej ksi膮偶ce temat贸w potencjalnie kontrowersyjnych, jest za to bardzo du偶o feminizmu i rzadko spotykanej wra偶liwo艣ci. A komu spodoba si臋 najbardziej? Tym, kt贸rzy chcieliby zajrze膰 do g艂owy jednej z najlepszych i jednocze艣nie najbardziej tajemniczych pisarek ubieg艂ego wieku i tym, kt贸rzy b臋d膮 potrafili zrozumie膰 jej potrzeb臋 kompulsywnego pisania o wszystkim, nawet o tym, co mo偶e wydawa膰 si臋 nieistotne.
Kto powinien sobie t臋 ksi膮偶k臋 odpu艣ci膰? Przede wszystkim ci, kt贸rzy spodziewaj膮 si臋 odnalezienia w niej sensacji zwi膮zanych z licznymi pr贸bami samob贸jczymi autorki czy rozpadem jej ma艂偶e艅stwa. Zaskakuj膮co ma艂o jest w tej ksi膮偶ce temat贸w potencjalnie kontrowersyjnych, jest za to bardzo du偶o feminizmu i rzadko spotykanej wra偶liwo艣ci. A komu spodoba si臋 najbardziej? Tym, kt贸rzy chcieliby zajrze膰 do g艂owy jednej z najlepszych i jednocze艣nie najbardziej tajemniczych pisarek ubieg艂ego wieku i tym, kt贸rzy b臋d膮 potrafili zrozumie膰 jej potrzeb臋 kompulsywnego pisania o wszystkim, nawet o tym, co mo偶e wydawa膰 si臋 nieistotne.
January 16, 2023
爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭貙 爻賱丕賲.
賲毓匕乇鬲 賲蹖禺賵丕賲. 賲賳 丕夭鬲 賲毓匕乇鬲 賲蹖禺賵丕賲. 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿賳蹖丕 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丕賴丕鬲 亘蹖鈥屫必� 亘賵丿貙 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴蹖趩讴爻 賲鬲賵噩賴 鬲賵 賳卮丿貙 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿蹖 鬲賵 丕囟丕賮蹖 賴爻鬲蹖貙 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿蹖 鬲賵 賲卮讴賱 賴爻鬲蹖 賳賴 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳貙 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭貙 賲賳 丕夭鬲 亘禺丕胤乇 鬲賲丕賲 丿乇丿賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 讴卮蹖丿蹖 賲毓匕乇鬲 賲蹖禺賵丕賲.
賵 丿乇 丕禺乇 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭貙 賲賳 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲. 賲賳 賲噩亘賵乇 卮丿賲 乇賴丕鬲 讴賳賲貙 趩賵賳 丨丕賱鬲 亘賴 卮丿鬲 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 丌卮賳丕 賵 鬲丕孬蹖乇 诏匕丕乇 亘賵丿貙 賲賳 賲噩亘賵乇 卮丿賲 乇賴丕鬲 讴賳賲貙 丿賱賲 賳賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲貙 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賲 鬲丕 鬲賴卮 讴賳丕乇鬲 亘丕卮賲 賵賱蹖 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲. 賲賳 乇賵 亘亘禺卮 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭.
賵賱蹖 亘丿賵賳 賲賳 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 賯賱亘賲貙 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 乇賵丨賲貙 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 賵噩賵丿賲 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲鬲 乇賵 丿乇讴 讴乇丿賲. 賲賳 丿乇讴 讴乇丿賲 趩賴鈥屭嗃屫操囏й屰� 讴卮蹖丿蹖 賵 趩賴 匕賴賳 丌卮賮鬲賴 賵賱蹖 乇賵丨 亘夭乇诏蹖 丿丕卮鬲蹖. 亘夭乇诏蹖 鬲賵 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿丕丿 讴賴 丕賮乇丕丿 賴賲乇丕賴鬲 讴賵趩蹖讴 亘賵丿賳 讴賴 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賳 亘賮賴賲賳鬲貙 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賳 賵噩賵丿鬲 乇賵 亘卮讴丕賮賳 賵 禺賵丿 丨賯蹖賯蹖鈥屫€屫辟� 亘賴鬲 賳卮賵賳 亘丿賳.
爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭貙 丕诏乇 賲乇丿賲 丿賱賲 賲蹖禺賵丕丿 亘亘蹖賳賲鬲貙 亘睾賱鬲 讴賳賲 賵 亘乇丕鬲 诏乇蹖賴 讴賳賲 賵 亘賴鬲 亘诏賲 丿乇丿 鬲賲賵賲 卮丿. 丨丕賱丕 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃� 丌乇賵賲 亘丕卮蹖.
芦丿蹖 賲丕賴 郾鄞郯郾禄
賲毓匕乇鬲 賲蹖禺賵丕賲. 賲賳 丕夭鬲 賲毓匕乇鬲 賲蹖禺賵丕賲. 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿賳蹖丕 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丕賴丕鬲 亘蹖鈥屫必� 亘賵丿貙 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴蹖趩讴爻 賲鬲賵噩賴 鬲賵 賳卮丿貙 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿蹖 鬲賵 丕囟丕賮蹖 賴爻鬲蹖貙 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿蹖 鬲賵 賲卮讴賱 賴爻鬲蹖 賳賴 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳貙 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭貙 賲賳 丕夭鬲 亘禺丕胤乇 鬲賲丕賲 丿乇丿賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 讴卮蹖丿蹖 賲毓匕乇鬲 賲蹖禺賵丕賲.
賵 丿乇 丕禺乇 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭貙 賲賳 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲. 賲賳 賲噩亘賵乇 卮丿賲 乇賴丕鬲 讴賳賲貙 趩賵賳 丨丕賱鬲 亘賴 卮丿鬲 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 丌卮賳丕 賵 鬲丕孬蹖乇 诏匕丕乇 亘賵丿貙 賲賳 賲噩亘賵乇 卮丿賲 乇賴丕鬲 讴賳賲貙 丿賱賲 賳賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲貙 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賲 鬲丕 鬲賴卮 讴賳丕乇鬲 亘丕卮賲 賵賱蹖 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲. 賲賳 乇賵 亘亘禺卮 爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭.
賵賱蹖 亘丿賵賳 賲賳 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 賯賱亘賲貙 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 乇賵丨賲貙 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 賵噩賵丿賲 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲鬲 乇賵 丿乇讴 讴乇丿賲. 賲賳 丿乇讴 讴乇丿賲 趩賴鈥屭嗃屫操囏й屰� 讴卮蹖丿蹖 賵 趩賴 匕賴賳 丌卮賮鬲賴 賵賱蹖 乇賵丨 亘夭乇诏蹖 丿丕卮鬲蹖. 亘夭乇诏蹖 鬲賵 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿丕丿 讴賴 丕賮乇丕丿 賴賲乇丕賴鬲 讴賵趩蹖讴 亘賵丿賳 讴賴 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賳 亘賮賴賲賳鬲貙 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賳 賵噩賵丿鬲 乇賵 亘卮讴丕賮賳 賵 禺賵丿 丨賯蹖賯蹖鈥屫€屫辟� 亘賴鬲 賳卮賵賳 亘丿賳.
爻蹖賱賵蹖丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭貙 丕诏乇 賲乇丿賲 丿賱賲 賲蹖禺賵丕丿 亘亘蹖賳賲鬲貙 亘睾賱鬲 讴賳賲 賵 亘乇丕鬲 诏乇蹖賴 讴賳賲 賵 亘賴鬲 亘诏賲 丿乇丿 鬲賲賵賲 卮丿. 丨丕賱丕 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃� 丌乇賵賲 亘丕卮蹖.
芦丿蹖 賲丕賴 郾鄞郯郾禄
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February 26, 2022Nie chc臋 ocenia膰 tych dziennik贸w. Czytanie ich by艂o dla mnie bardzo wa偶nym do艣wiadczeniem.
August 2, 2020
When you hear the name Sylvia Plath two things instantly come to mind. The first thing being her suicide and the second thing being her contributions to the world of writing. I went back and forth on how to best state the first thing and decided to go with the blunt truth of it. I know that word carries a lot of pain and for some people it is a topic they prefer to avoid. If you are one of those people I recommend walking away from this review. There is no plan to dig into the topic but there might be a mention of it here and there since it did weigh heavily on my mind as I read her journals.
This is a collection of journals written by a young woman just trying to exist in this crazy world. I was surprised by how long it took me to read it. The length can be blamed for some of it but most of the blame should go to the content. So much raw emotion buried in the pages mixed with an eerie detachment and an almost business-like edge to compartmentalize her own life into goals. I found it difficult to go between the extremes. One minute I was drooling over a meal she had deliciously described and the next I was lost in a fog of anguish brought on by her desire to be in a relationship she couldn鈥檛 make happen. Then a few pages later I would find myself reading her list out her short-term goals and how they had to be met so she could reach and accomplish her long-term goals. What would come after that would be her rapid decline into self-loathing for not meeting her goals and then swiftly back to describing a gorgeous view or a detailed interaction with an interesting person she met in passing.
I spent a lot of time in between these dips and dives pondering how they came to be. I feel strongly that is how Plath鈥檚 mind worked and I can relate on some level to it. Some days I wake in a get shit done mood and others I am more focused on just being, which means drifting from thought to thought and randomly focusing on minute details of inconsequential things. I think this is truly why I was so bothered by this book and why I had to work slowly through her journal entries. To tear yourself down for not meeting goals is one thing, to see another person doing it to themselves is quite another.
The other reason for it being here and there, I felt had to do with what content was provided to the reader. I don鈥檛 believe the author of this book cherry-picked it, but I do believe Plath鈥檚 husband did. The author does mention that some journals were missing/destroyed, and I think if the man did that to some then he had the power to alter the content of others. I think we will never truly grasp the full picture of what all she experienced and how she felt about it and honestly, I think that is okay. There are certain bits of our lives that should remain our business only. I will admit that while reading her journals I did feel the same bit of guilt I felt when reading what Kurt Cobain left behind. Not enough to stop though, and that is my little shame demon to deal with.
The fact that she is mostly known for the first thing is unfortunate because her talent was her true shining light. I can't even begin to express how much I am in awe of her abilities. She could string common and obscure words together in such unique and thought-provoking ways. She could thoroughly describe the condition of a room, a gut-wrenching emotional response to a moment or a love for picking her nose, with equal amounts of respect for it or the experience of it. She was a powerhouse wordsmith and the world suffered more than we will ever know with her loss.
Four star to a book that will forever live in my memory.
This is a collection of journals written by a young woman just trying to exist in this crazy world. I was surprised by how long it took me to read it. The length can be blamed for some of it but most of the blame should go to the content. So much raw emotion buried in the pages mixed with an eerie detachment and an almost business-like edge to compartmentalize her own life into goals. I found it difficult to go between the extremes. One minute I was drooling over a meal she had deliciously described and the next I was lost in a fog of anguish brought on by her desire to be in a relationship she couldn鈥檛 make happen. Then a few pages later I would find myself reading her list out her short-term goals and how they had to be met so she could reach and accomplish her long-term goals. What would come after that would be her rapid decline into self-loathing for not meeting her goals and then swiftly back to describing a gorgeous view or a detailed interaction with an interesting person she met in passing.
I spent a lot of time in between these dips and dives pondering how they came to be. I feel strongly that is how Plath鈥檚 mind worked and I can relate on some level to it. Some days I wake in a get shit done mood and others I am more focused on just being, which means drifting from thought to thought and randomly focusing on minute details of inconsequential things. I think this is truly why I was so bothered by this book and why I had to work slowly through her journal entries. To tear yourself down for not meeting goals is one thing, to see another person doing it to themselves is quite another.
The other reason for it being here and there, I felt had to do with what content was provided to the reader. I don鈥檛 believe the author of this book cherry-picked it, but I do believe Plath鈥檚 husband did. The author does mention that some journals were missing/destroyed, and I think if the man did that to some then he had the power to alter the content of others. I think we will never truly grasp the full picture of what all she experienced and how she felt about it and honestly, I think that is okay. There are certain bits of our lives that should remain our business only. I will admit that while reading her journals I did feel the same bit of guilt I felt when reading what Kurt Cobain left behind. Not enough to stop though, and that is my little shame demon to deal with.
The fact that she is mostly known for the first thing is unfortunate because her talent was her true shining light. I can't even begin to express how much I am in awe of her abilities. She could string common and obscure words together in such unique and thought-provoking ways. She could thoroughly describe the condition of a room, a gut-wrenching emotional response to a moment or a love for picking her nose, with equal amounts of respect for it or the experience of it. She was a powerhouse wordsmith and the world suffered more than we will ever know with her loss.
Four star to a book that will forever live in my memory.
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