ENGL 3603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anne Sexton, Electric Shock, Bacon
20 Feb 2016
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One in a million the bell jar. Born in massachusetts, father died when she was 8, went to new york to work on a women"s magazine in her junior year, attempted suicide and was treated in the. Got a fulbright, went to cambridge, met anne sexton and ted hughes, wrote poetry, married hughes and had two children. Left him, wrote more poetry, and committed suicide in 1963. Initially rejected by harper and row for being disappointing, juvenile, and overwrought . Published under a pseudonym victoria lucas in london in 1963 (in her name in. Published posthumously in the us, different edition (1971) I felt as though i was carrying hat cadaver"s head around with me on a string, like some black, noseless balloon stinking of vinegar (2) How stupid i"d been to buy all those uncomfortable expensive clothes, hanging limp as fish in my closet (2)
