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On "What Happened to Sylvia Plath’s Lost Novels?"

Kristopher Jansma's recent article " What Happened to Sylvia Plath’s Lost Novels? " is the second article in the last couple of years about this subject. The first was Allison McNearney's "The Mystery of Sylvia Plath's Lost Novel" published on the Daily Beast in August 2017 which focuses on The Interminable Loaf / Doubletake .* Jansma's is a thoughtfully researched and written piece but contains a few minor mistakes or omissions that need correcting and/or clearing-up. 1.) Plath did not move into a "room" in London where Yeats lived. She wrote about it several times in letters to different people: she occupied two floors comprised of "3 beds, lounge, kit & bath." (Letter to Daniel and Helga Huws, 26 December 1962: Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2 , page 944) 2.) Ariel: The Restored Edition , was published in 2004. It was re-issued in 2007. 3.) The "Venus in the Seventh"/"Hill of Leopards" typescrip...