Sylvia Plath documentary

Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) and Ariel (1965), as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death in 1963. The Collected Poems were published in 1981, which included previously unpublished works. For this collection Plath was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1982, making her the fourth to receive this honor posthumously.
Sylvia Plath documentary
2009
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[@63artemisia63]

I have to say that Sylvia’s personal life has never overshadowed the brilliance of her poetry for me.

[@stephiedrown795]

Nor for me

[@mikeomalanga709]

@@SNAFU78 yeah I was about to say that it only made me more invested in her writing

[@stefanforrer2573]

her writing often feels oppressive, unsettling but also melancholic.... those kind of impressions usually don't come from excessive happiness

[@euleneats]

The creations aren't always a reflection of the creator's lifestyle choices.

[@bruisedviolets]

Why should it overshadow it? Her personal life is intrinsic to her poetry

[@mikejohnson599]

just like van Goghs paintings her poetry seems to bring out the fragility and sadness of life

[@cassiopeiathew7406]

Thank you! She and Toni Morrison were the writers who got me back into reading during covid and her (Slyvia’s writing) helped me through a very dark time in my life.

[@AuthorDocumentaries]

You're welcome! That's awesome! She's my 2nd fav after Fitzgerald.

[@jessicaallen2427]

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[@zendavis3501]

@@AuthorDocumentaries Fitzgerald? Lol, Hemingway who he shared a friendship with used to make fun of him because he always wanted to hobnob and be apart of the elite class.

[@yelloworangered]

Toni Morrison?????

[@cassiopeiathew7406]

@@yelloworangered Toni Morrison wrote Beloved and The Bluest Eye, both of which I greatly enjoyed. Although I will say that Edith Wharton is my current favorite author.

[@gailcolthart2211]

Sylvia Plath's poems may never be equaled. Her perseverance to write her poetry, is testament to true eloquence in that medium. The hardship she faced in her personal life should never overshadow her magnificent poetical contribution to the world. May she forever REST IN PEACE.

[@tomsparks6099]

Until I understood manic depression, I always wondered why such a successful academic as Plath seemed to revel in a self-centered and obsessived deprecation -- and to be so defunct of joy. As a young studenet of poetry myself, I understood her more than most poets and have always been impacted by her haunting, spooky, sorrowful and sarcastic words. The worse thing she did was marry Hughes and his profiting from her death and talent shows what a despicable man he was. Geniuses of her mind are overwhlemed and unable to compute Life for very long.

[@CoolNaturalHorses]

Thank you for such a beautiful documentary ❤

[@jessicaallen2427]

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[@whitefang2312]

It's been hard for me to read poetry, especially with my English teacher being possibly the worst teacher I've ever known ("safe learning environment" is foreign to her), but even under her, Sylvia Plath's story always enraptured me. I'm excited to learn more about her

[@user-bs3br6sx3r]

​@phoebecaulfield4062unsafe learning turned out to have many many positive aspects compared to artificially created safe environments like playgrounds in north America. In Germany playgrounds seem more dangerous but give the kids the chance to develop themselves.

[@MONSTERKILL2013]

What in the hell is an unsafe learning environment? Are the entrances to your lecture hall boobytrapped?

[@geraldinemcgowan2385]

Great job on giving Plath's poetry a gorgeous connection to place -- here Yorkshore.

[@karinagibbs8672]

Forever my shadow sister 🕯️ This is a poem I wrote in honour of Sylvia. Slice of a fat purple fig is her short life’s work Yellow tulips a kind reminder one’s not alone Lady’s knife is still sharp on her blade Victorious flame rages on after death Illness sadly came for the best Ariel opened arms as Sylvia flew to freedom.

[@risboturbide9396]

Thank you for your poetry 🍻

[@gorillabff1003]

What an amazing upload. Thoroughly enjoyed. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. I love Plath already and you make me love her even more. Her images are incredible and you helped tease out some more I never noticed before. 🥰

[@JCPJCPJCP]

Anyone interested in Sylvia Plath's last days in London in their terrible winter of 1963 might consider reading "The Savage God/A Study of Suicide," by the late poet and critic A. Alvarez, who knew her very well right up to the day she ended her life. Published in 1971, it's an exceptional study of a grim subject that receives very little attention. Here in America, we seem transfixed by murder but terrified of suicide.

[@janegardener1662]

Loved the readings of the poems and the beautiful landscapes. Thank you.

[@donaldkelly3983]

Thanks for this documentary! I never knew the English landscape effected Plath so strongly.

[@harmoniabalanza]

read some of her poems

[@autumnpiper60]

Beautifully done!...wow...how haunting, in such a beautiful way.

[@Sarah-r3nee]

I really enjoyed this documentary! Plath is my favorite and her work is amazing!

[@newyorkmyndd9801]

Thank you for this. Loved it. Just read Heather Clark’s massive Bio on Plath and she explored all the things that made her a talented, skilled and professional writer, not just a seriously depressed woman. She looks at what Sylvia was facing those last months instead of just saying how she ended. Anytime I can see her legacy given a full representation is so appreciated, ✌️🌈!

[@ordinaryoldcatholicme]

A wonderful short documentary.

[@JCPJCPJCP]

"To fight aloud, is very brave, But gallanter, I know Who charge within the bosom The Cavalry of Woe" --the first stanza of a poem by Emily Dickinson

[@megreads9]

Why as we authors should suffer from many things and no body could understand our suffering, every writer, every author suffers from a thing that destroy his or her life, that's why we called authors, that's why we express our deepest thoughts so could people interact and rethink about every thing, every word, i hope that some day we have this appreciation like what you've did to Sylvia Plath honoring. Thank you for this great documentary, thank you for honoring us. Maguy Daoud Lebanese Author.

[@bohdiiotzaranohealanijaiya7441]

Mind blown she wrote wuthering heights, the connections I have personally to wuthering heights and slyvia platt in my own work (unpublished) is beautiful I think. She inspires me a whole lot, and funnily enough I only got into her work within the last month but even reading my older work back I draw many comparisons to her and her work I throughly enjoy. ♥️

[@mckavitt13]

Great American English poetry read w perfect diction! Really brings the AngloSaxonite verbs which add flint to her poems.

[@vtm621]

Amazing documentary. Can't wait to check out the rest!

[@philipmcluskey6805]

OH MY GOD! i am absolutely stunned by these three poems by Sylvia. Having read the obvious and not found pointers to further works, i fell into the appreciative but all consuming sad picture of her final days and writings- along with the controvertial relationship with Ted. these early poems are magnificent, and i think this is where she should have stayed....not trying to change and find another voice or be influenced further. The weight of these three are comparable if not surpass that of Hughes at his best

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

She was a wonderful writer , love her works!

[@EmlynBoyle]

This is an excellent documentary, and while a bit hard to find, I have the whole series on dvd.

[@watershedbarbie9685]

Wonderful doc. Thank you.

[@susanmercurio1060]

10:08 If you think that the weather in Boston is noted for "bright skies," you'd better consult a weatherman.

[@Ajay_the_invincible_1997]

To the maker of this video, Thank You very much for this video. 🙏 This has left me a deep impact ony soul, making me alive as a poet.

[@fatima1009]

She would have been 90 today, 10/27/22.

[@englishwithmuzammal3596]

The personal lives of most writers, poets, etc. are always replete with all but hedonism, vagabonding, self-indulgences, and much more like that... Though their work seems flawless, their personal life does make a big difference in really understanding the person in its whole. This is the case of many ones - famous and infamous throughout history in every field of life.

[@maxalberts2003]

Plath had NONE of those issues. She was a struggling single mother of two infants whose life came crashing down. Try reading something other than a Hollywood gossip magazine to obtain your information.

[@gardengirl7446]

Beautifully presented ❤

[@caroledrury1411]

Incredible commentary! Good work. Keep working

[@oc2538]

Thanks for this upload. I enjoy her poetry. And have been obsessed with Brontës for years.

[@Vic35102]

thank you for post this

[@jessicaallen2427]

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[@user-ct8iv1we2s]

Every American teenaged girl can identify with Plath in "The Bell Jar" regardless of coming from an academic background or having a mental illness. Plath was every teenager from every generation. Plath understood the realm of the feminine.

[@philipmcluskey6805]

found this by accident? It was amazing, thank you

[@sisterkerry]

Don't forget Anne Bronte. I love _Agnes Grey_ and _The Tenant of Wildfell Hall_ but you missed her out.

[@patriciajrs46]

I like the documentary. Thank you.

[@adele2312]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@junkettarp8942]

Thanks for that.

[@karleyyork9001]

Gorgeous Production. 👌

[@archeewaters]

beautiful imagery

[@Ciara1594]

Yorkshire for Sylvia Plath was mysterious, otherworldly ect, but to James Herriot it was about the animals and people he encountered in his work as a veterinarian. 😏

[@gavinreid2741]

In her first poem about Top Withens, Two Views of Withens, S.P. says ." ...that hinterland few Hikers get to:" i think she would be surprised by how busy it is there these days. On her first visit, according to Ted Hughes, she approached it from the south.

[@harmoniabalanza]

This is very well done. Some of her poetry is great, but she ran the gamut from neurotic to deranged. I am sorry for her. Being Hughes's wife didn't help and being her husband must have been hard too, for him. Understandably, young women are often passionately drawn to her, but I believe it's important to outgrow her.

[@Khatoon170]

Last part of my research her saddest poem moon and yew tree last poem death her psychiatrist said she have clinical depression she attempted suicide several times tried to drown her self finally she putting her head inside oven her husband is Ted Hughes he is English poet translator children writer critic listed of 50 greatest writers since 1945 he appointed poet of laureate in year 1984 iwish for your channel more success and progress stay safe blessed actually writing and reading both are great ways to improve our English language as none native speakers best wishes for you your family friends

[@AuthorDocumentaries]

Thanks Khatoon. Good researching. I didn't know that about Mothers Day

[@harmoniabalanza]

the image in Hardcastle Crags of " turning back" is I think an allusion to her own struggle with her own mind. Being pulled towards distress and disintegration and resisting, turning back as she turns back from being overwhelmed by the landscape. Until she succumbs. Doubtless a process sped up by marriage and motherhood.

[@iwaisman]

Thanks

[@sudhirchopde3334]

Cambridge misery icons is right! Read the poems,very talent

[@harmoniabalanza]

She wrote a poem called Wuthering Heights, not to be confused with the novel by E Bronte. Must've been a 4 on the enneagram.

[@vernaharris4700]

I couldn't help what happened to her in her childhood.

[@paulnugent9937]

I liked it and the presenter was good but I would have liked to have known more about her life, the break up of her marriage and what led to her suicide.

[@maxalberts2003]

Her abusive husband left her for another woman. This event precipitated a cascade of woes, including the confinement of Plath and her babies to an almost unheated apartment (in the house where Yeats used to live) during the worst winter England had experienced in a century.

[@paulnugent9937]

Thank you for clarifying.@@maxalberts2003

[@megreads9]

Wuthering heights is written by Bronte not Sylvia Plath, you miss lead or confused between two of them I think.

[@theressamurphy2996]

very outstanding woman...wish the medical professionals had saved her from depression so she could have continued her talent.. her husband was not helpful

[@Khatoon170]

How are you doing sir happy mother day actually we celebrated mother day in Arabic countries as well as England last March it’s different date around world we on March you in USA and Canada on May thank you for your wonderful cultural channel we as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well literature lovers too we appreciate your efforts so that i gathered key points about famous figure you mentioned briefly here it’s Sylvia Plath is American poetess novelist short story writer born in 1932 died in 1963 she is credited with advancing genre confessional poetry she was best known of her two published collections the colossus and other poems Ariel and bell jar semi autobiographical novel published shortly before her death collected poems were published in 1981 included unpublished works was award Pulitzer Prize in poetry 1982 making her fourth to receive honor posthumously her famous poem daddy

[@Sameoldfitup]

❤❤❤

[@servantLashawn]

Sylvia Plath was beautiful and some would indeed say talented. She, of course, struggled with mental illness and / or depression for perhaps seasons of her life. Her poetry to me seemed dark well, "Lady Lazarus" did. It's sort of ironic because in the bible, Jesus resurrected His friend Lazarus, who was dead for a few days [John 11:38-44] Jesus Christ Himself died for sinners, resurrected from the dead, proving He himself is life and only He offers eternal life for our souls. Sylvia Plath appeared alive, both young and pretty, but she was dead on the inside, she was dead in the spirit and it manifested through her poetry. *Out of the abundance of one's heart, the mouth speaks* [Matthew 12:34] the LORD saw her in her last moments before freely committing suicide. *Look to Jesus for relief from sin, depression, and all issues of life He is love* ❤

[@mobius9437]

Well done, thank you. I have a new project : )

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

To explain a poem is a fool's errand.

[@euleneats]

Yes. Enjoy the work of art without over analyzing it because we don't know what went through the poet's mind in the creative process. We're just seeing it from our perspective.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

@@euleneatsand poetry has no rules - which is what makes it great and akin to art

[@chrystianaw8256]

​@@JSTNtheWZRDcertain styles have rules

[@nigelhaywood9753]

Who wrote the poem that introduces the programme?

[@healingv1sion]

She was cool

[@maurakennedy5952]

God love her she looked so sad most of the time pity what she did she must have had a trobled mind May she rip

[@elizabethniawall]

Actually wuthering heights was written by Emily bronte not sylvia plath. Wuthering heights was written in 19th century, this is a century before sylvia plath was born

[@Sebastian-gz2mh]

The novel wuthering heights was Written by Emily. The poem was written by Sylvia Plath.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

October 27th is my mom's birthday. Also, Sylvia died just a few days after my birth. (Not that her death and my birth are somehow connected.)

[@emmacameron6752]

oh my god why are they roasting Sylvia plath

[@vanhelsing9342]

Is it " solider colour " or " soldier colour?"

[@tylerhaas14]

Talk Talk Spirit of Eden at 936 :)

[@mares3841]

👼

[@yelloworangered]

Disappointing. I thought I would learn about Plath, not other people's musings about her.

[@risboturbide9396]

Anybody knows what happened to her kids? I hope they have (or had) a great, fun life 🍻

[@harmoniabalanza]

children of suicides usually have a very hard time.

[@mumr4268]

😣

[@jessicaallen2427]

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[@kevingilmour5270]

Lovely to see a doc.aboot Mrs Ted Hughes.... great gas....lo bloody l

[@chrystianaw8256]

Sylvia Plath. That is her name

[@sharonstevek.6797]

I think she had post partum It can last 20 years after delivery.

[@harmoniabalanza]

When you suddenly realize---yikes

[@philipmcluskey6805]

that comment was a little sexist ??? 'inspired women poets?'...can a man not be inspired by her poetry or that of another womans?

[@brentblack2878]

True

[@M.Sforza]

She had an English accent? Haha

[@mesamies123]

His lips! Who is he?? 🤩

[@whanuipuru4446]

Did she suffer from mental instabilities?

[@clocksfinle7]

lol. its not like she came to england from so cal.. she was from boston.. plenty dismal.. and full of career crime too.. her english accent in later years is possibly the funniest part of all.. great poet though.

[@scottbrandon6244]

Ted Hughes was the superior poet.

[@Jessicaunarex]

Not even remotely. No one would remember him were it not for his greatly superior 1st wife.

[@garthly]

Such childish comments. Why not just say: 1. I prefer Ted Hughes’s poetry. 2. Really? For me, he is only notable for having been married to her, whose poetry I like.

[@MsBabyChips]

Sylvia would agree with you but I wouldnt. Put it this way, I searched for Plath not Hughes

[@gavinreid2741]

​@@Jessicaunarexhe was Poet Laureate

[@maxalberts2003]

Hughes knew she was the better poet. Why do you think he split?

[@euleneats]

Its refreshing to see toung people discussing poetry instead of the radical nonsense we see on college campuses.