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New Sylvia Plath Info Content

As you know, or should know, I post on Sylvia Plath's first suicide attempt every year on 24 August. Or, I try to. In the past, such blog posts have detailed newly found articles from cities and towns across the United States. This got me thinking: It is fine and dandy to write about them, but how about sharing visuals with you all? Well, I have seen to that.

Over on my website for Sylvia Plath, A celebration, this is, visitors can now see and download PDFs or JPGs of all the articles that I have found on Sylvia Plath's first suicide attempt in August 1953. It is my eternal hope that by seeing the list of articles and now the articles themselves, that the sensation this story was, and the concern and chaos and confusion, can be truly grasped.

So, please head over to the "Bibliography of Newspaper Articles on Sylvia Plath's First Suicide Attempt in August 1953" and click around and save some files. Most of the articles come from microfilm either held by the Boston Public Library or obtained through their Interlibrary Loan service, several come from either databases or archives such as Smith College or Cambridge University. Additionally, a few articles were found on the rich and incomparable Old Fulton Postcards website.

The quality of some of these is admittedly wanting improvement. As I can, I will rescan and re-upload better, brighter, and clearer versions. New articles will be posted as they are found, if they are found. If you live in or near a town or a city not on this list, please do consider visiting the local or college/university library and looking at microfilm for 25-28 August 1953 for additional articles. If you find something, your contribution(s) to this bibliography will certainly be acknowledged and will as well be very much appreciated.

All links accessed 18 and 22 July 2016.


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  1. BridgetAnna04 October, 2016 11:34

    Peter, the time, work, effort, not to mention squinting and ruining your eyes, all in the name of Plath scholarship, will not go unsung. You have done such an amazing service for so any people here and now in the present day and, by matter of course, students, teachers, researchers, scholars, et al, in the coming years.

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  2. Peter K Steinberg05 October, 2016 05:37

    Bridget,

    Thank you for your comment. It means so much to me to read. Thank you thank you!

    ~pks

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