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Syliva Plath: Breaking the Glass Jar

This post was created to satisfy the requirements of the CCC ENG 237 Digital Storytelling Project.  Throughout the semester we have explored the body of work created by women writers in America from its conception as a country to the 1990's.  Addressing the most recent chapters, we are tasked with assessing the contribution of one author in the latter half of the 20th century.  While there are a number of formidable women to examine, I would like to propose that Sylvia Plath presents a unique contribution to not only the literary canon, but also provides an example a female writer who supersedes remarkable obstacles in her path to a becoming a fully realized artist and woman. Bettman/ Getty Images "Sylvia Plath Cropped." Poetry Foundation https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sylvia-plath Selecting Plath might seem a little trite.  Her tumultuous relationship with the writer Ted Hughes and the tragedy of her too young death by suicide have resulted in a legacy...
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