Monday, January 21, 2013

Both sides now …

 Interview: Elizabeth Sigmund, dedicatee of The Bell Jar – Reading group | Books | guardian.co.uk.

… Interview: Olwyn Hughes, Sylvia Plath's literary executor.

(Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)


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  1. Except that it is true, I cannot imagine how it could really happen that Sylvia Plath's greatest personal detractor, Olwyn Hughes, could become and remain her literary executor.

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  2. I just commented at the article. I held back from saying it here at the time, but I will now:



    This is corruption. Except that it is true, I cannot imagine how it could really happen that Sylvia Plath's greatest personal detractor, Olwyn Hughes, could become her literary executor.

    Too may very odd things about this matter. I no longer believe that Assia and Sylvia both just happened to have almost identical suicide styles. Honestly, who sticks her head in the oven. You've got to get your head way in there, and block the gas from escaping, all while you are becoming paralyzed by the gas. People have always wondered about Ted. But it seems from this interview that Olwyn pulled his strings. What she lost emotionally in having to share her brother with Sylvia and then Assia, she has tried to gain back monetarily. This interview shows motive.

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    1. That comment was deleted. Here's what it says there now in replace of what I wrote: This comment was removed by a moderator because it didn't abide by our community standards. Replies may also be deleted. For more detail see our FAQs.

      It was the 38th comment, and the 7th to be deleted. That's not a discussion.

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