Sylvia Plath part 1 of 6

A well made Sylvia Plath documentary from the 90s(?). Also see http://www.ladylazarus.tv

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Education

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• Sylvia
• Plath
• Ted
• Hughes
• poetry
• voices
• and
• visions
• american
• poets
• life
• afterlife
• reincarnation
• Flur
• documentary

[nnnikki88]

I adore Al.Algarev's book "The Savage God", which contains an insightful chapter on the life of Sylvia as a poet and about her suicide. It's an amazing book and has opened my eyes to a new sort of world that has lived seperate to my world. Thank you for posting this important documentary :)

[UdosTelevision]

thank you! I agree. it's an important and interesting topic. my girlfriend has actually met mr Alvares. he is a very nice human being.

[sarabower1]

@UdosTelevision really? where?

[UdosTelevision]

@sarabower1 in Oxford 2007 at the Sylvia Plath 75th Year Symposium. Marcia Brown, another friend of Sylvia was there as well.

[UdosTelevision]

thanks for all positive comments

[UdosTelevision]

thanks :-)

[SouthSuavest]

Thank you so much for posting this. Sylvia Plath is the greatest Poet ever. Before I read it, I just was not very fond of poetry, after knowing her unique art, poetry has become an obsession to me.

[AdArmand]

Outstanding documentary - thank you very much.

[iclandgirl]

@t3331157 All of this was compiled in the 90s..

[iclandgirl]

I learned about Plath when a professor I had (one I did not like)- skipped her in the anthology b/c she said Plath had no talent.What troubles me so much is sometimes, I question if people treasure her poetry or just the suicide. Every video I view- people discuss her suicide NOT her poetry.I do think Hughes contributed to her death as she was very apparently in a bipolar DOWN..I don't think she would want to be remembered for her death.

Of course, NOT one of us knew her- just a thought.

[tediosim]

It is a great documentary... can someone please translate it in spanish or portuguese?...

[2hamboigahs]

This world is mad and depraved

Not much will be saved

So why'd you go and jump the gun?

If I was Ted we would've had fun

Did you hear a word that I just said?

Things would've been different if I was Ted.........

[PoetryETrain]

Thank yoyu, this has been added to our playlists here and on facebook...

[misundrstoodn10tions]

@t3331157 The recording of the voice is from 1963. They didn't have the now-crude then-awesome video effects in the 60's...

[ThatsMisterMorgan]

Had to write an essay on this and missed the day in was played in my English class,but now I can catch up on what I missed. Thanks for posting this!

[t3331157]

'Documentary from the 90's'? No! Sylvia Plath died in 1963, and the voice over said she died 'last week', so it must have been made in 1963! :)

[crazymiles]

@grimaces

As you can tell by reading her work, she was extraordinarily self-absorbed. Sylvia seldom thought about anyone other than Sylvia.