I underwent a rather brief and traumatic experience of badly-given shock treatments on an outpatient basis. Pretty soon, the only doubt in my mind was the precise time and method of committing suicide.
— Sylvia Plath Modern

The Bell Jar, confessional poetry

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Context

From a letter to Eddie Cohen.

Date / Period

1953

Category

Shocking

Source

https://harvardreview.org/article/the-letters-of-sylvia-plath-volume-1-1940-1956…

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