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Subject:

Re: BBC text re Plath Journals

From:

"david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>

Reply-To:

Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and poetics <[log in to unmask]>

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Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:04:36 +0100

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It works from here ok, Roger, and it's certainly not a subscription site.
What I suggest is that if you go to the sylviapath forum address that Doug
originally posted and then follow the links from there you shd get it
alright.

Best

Dave


David Bircumshaw

Leicester, England

Home Page

A Chide's Alphabet

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Collett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: BBC text re Plath Journals


Dave
This link doesn't work for me, do you need to subscribe or what?
Roger

----- Original Message -----
From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: BBC text re Plath Journals


> Here you are, Roger, the url is:
>
> http://www30.brinkster.com/bbcnews/plathjournal1.html
>
> not pleasant reading I'm afraid.
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Collett" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: BBC text re Plath Journals
>
>
> Douglas
>
> Where did you find this reference please?
>
> Roger.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:52 AM
> Subject: BBC text re Plath Journals
>
>
>
>    Unpublished Sylvia Plath Journals Appear
>
>    A set of unpublished journals written by the late poet Sylvia Plath -
>    including one kept until to the day of her suicide - has been acquired
>    by the British Library.
>
>    The journals were donated by Ann Skea literary critic, biographer and
>    friend of Ted Hughes - husband of the late poet.
>
>    "These revelations are explosive and will cast a long dark shadow over
>    the reputation of poet laureate Ted Hughes " said A. Alvarez.
>
>    Sylvia Plath and husband Ted Hughes Sylvia Plath and husband Ted
>    Hughes in happier times
>    In an extract from the journal, Plath recounts a vitriolic meeting
>    between her and Ted Hughes the weekend before she ended her life.
>    Plath states that Ted had told her, that his mistress Assia Wevill was
>    pregnant with his child and there never could be a reconciliation
>    between him and Sylvia. "Why don't you finish what you attempted ten
>    years ago and leave us in peace " Hughes is quoted as saying.
>
>    Hughes had always maintained that he had destroyed her final journal
>    in order to spare his children and had lost or misplaced another of
>    her journals.
>
>    "The only one he wanted to spare, was himself and the wrath of an
>    accusing public."said Ronald Hayman, a Plath biographer.
>
>    This long and important series of journal entries, written out in
>    Sylvia's dramatically vigorous hand, gives us an exceptionally direct
>    insight into her tragic death.
>    Chris Fletcher, British Library
>
>    Shortly before his death in October 1998, Ted Hughes entrusted the
>    remaining journals to his long time friend Ann Skea with the
>    stipulation that they not be made public until after the death of his
>    sister Olwyn Hughes .
>
>    "I think it is time to have the whole truth known regardless of who
>    will be offended," said Anne Skea,"Ted Hughes was not a saint and had
>    many flaws and he did regret his harsh words and statements to his
>    wife prior to her death."
>
>    These heartrendering final journals are not for the faint of heart and
>    will leave many Plath fans shocked and saddened.
>
>    Other entries include descriptions of a trip to Ireland and a chilling
>    one written one week before her death in which she debated ending her
>    childrens lives along with hers.
>
>    Chris Fletcher, curator of modern literary manuscripts at the British
>    Library, where the collection will eventually go on public display,
>    enthusiastically welcomed the donation.
>
>    "This long and important series of letters, written out in Plaths'
>    dramatically vigorous hand, gives us an exceptionally direct insight
>    into the complex mind of one of the most creative, charismatic and
>    popular national literary figures of the post-war world," he said.
>
>    Control Of Literary Estate ?
>
>    Another explosive revelation is that Sylvia Plath had intended that
>    her mother be the executor of her will. Though she had started divorce
>    proceedings, she was still married when she died and Ted was left in
>    control of her literary estate.
>
>    "The journal clearly states that she had made a will" said A. Alvarez.
>    Whether that would have made a difference under the Kings Law is open
>    for conjecture.
>
>    Many feminists and admirers of Plath hold Hughes responsible for his
>    wife's suicide, accusing him of abandoning her for another woman at a
>    time when she was emotionally unstable, and these new unpublished
>    journals will go a long way in confirming that view.
>
>    Sylvia's Plath's suicide in 1963 at the age of 30 made her an
>    international bestseller, a cult figure, a martyr of the feminist
>    movement, a posthumous Pulitzer Prize winner and the subject of at
>    least 104 books. If she hasn't yet reached the status of full-blown
>    cultural icon, she probably will when the movie about her life
>    starring Gwyneth Paltrow comes out.
>
>    See also:
>    29 Oct 98 | UK
>    Quiet man of intense verse 28 Jul 00 | UK
>    Plaques to the wall 17 Jan 98 | UK
>    Hughes breaks silence over Plath 29 Oct 98 | Entertainment
>    Extracts from Hughes' Birthday Letters 13 May 99 | Entertainment
>    Ted Hughes: 'A born poet' remembered 11 Jan 99 | Entertainment
>    Hughes wins TS Eliot poetry prize 03 Nov 98 | UK
>    Emotional farewell to Ted Hughes
>
>    Internet links:
>    Ted Hughes - unofficial siteSylvia Plath linksThe British Library
>    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
>
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>
>    Links to more Arts stories are at the foot of the page.
>
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>
> Douglas Clark, Bath, England           mailto: [log in to unmask]
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