Not to undermine this documentary, but saying 'Ted Hughes helped Sylvia find her voice' (even creatively) makes it seem like she didn't have one without him, maybe those experiences helped her evolve, change..but that voice WAS/IS her own, her experiences, her world and her life. I think she had an extraordinary ability to deeply feel things and transmute pain into a form of art.
Have you actually read Plath's college poems? Extremely skilled form-wise, but nothing that would be remembered today. Hughes's own work helped her speak out. And then, the utter pain of his leaving her completely broke her open.
I think that this documentary is very keen of sort of “redeeming” Ted Hughes in the public eye, but knowing what we do about their marriage (how he burned a copy of her manuscript for a novel, how Ted beat Sylvia so badly it led to her having a miscarriage and also had an affair outside their marriage) I don’t think you can redeem Ted Hughes.
@@8angst8Quite the contrary. Her juvenilia contained a number of great poems and then her 1956 poems and even into 57 are quite overwrought and generic AF after having met him. To use your words, ‘nothing that would be remembered today.’ So…he made her worse, till she let her talent run its course and it wasn’t till say ‘59 with Point Shirley that she started showcasing her greatness again. Hawk and the Rain is a bad collection, as Ted was a bad poet who did nothing for her creatively. Ted did not influence her-he dragged her down.
So many great people featured on your channel! An eclectic collection of authors. Thank you for your time and effort in sharing these and the work that goes into uploading content for us! I appreciate it!
Reading Heather Clark bio now-Known ‘of’ Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf all my life but now find myself digging and digging into their work. I am very late but still very thankful for their words. Thanks for posting-✌️
How did I not find you til now? Are you really funded by NEA? I thought that was only in the past. This is the first of your shows I'm watching. I looked at your video list....I see I'm going to be busy.
Hughes had a penchant for mentally unstable women. He is not responsible for Plath’s killing herself. A healthy person would leave…and rebuild her life. I have gone through very challenging times and did not become depressed or killed myself. I am so sick of unadultered adulation.
Not to undermine this documentary, but saying 'Ted Hughes helped Sylvia find her voice' (even creatively) makes it seem like she didn't have one without him, maybe those experiences helped her evolve, change..but that voice WAS/IS her own, her experiences, her world and her life. I think she had an extraordinary ability to deeply feel things and transmute pain into a form of art.
Operative word: helped
Have you actually read Plath's college poems? Extremely skilled form-wise, but nothing that would be remembered today. Hughes's own work helped her speak out. And then, the utter pain of his leaving her completely broke her open.
I think that this documentary is very keen of sort of “redeeming” Ted Hughes in the public eye, but knowing what we do about their marriage (how he burned a copy of her manuscript for a novel, how Ted beat Sylvia so badly it led to her having a miscarriage and also had an affair outside their marriage) I don’t think you can redeem Ted Hughes.
@@8angst8Quite the contrary. Her juvenilia contained a number of great poems and then her 1956 poems and even into 57 are quite overwrought and generic AF after having met him. To use your words, ‘nothing that would be remembered today.’ So…he made her worse, till she let her talent run its course and it wasn’t till say ‘59 with Point Shirley that she started showcasing her greatness again. Hawk and the Rain is a bad collection, as Ted was a bad poet who did nothing for her creatively. Ted did not influence her-he dragged her down.
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Discovering this channel has been the highlight of my summer. Thank you! This Sylvia Plath documentary is a particular favorite ✍ ✍ ✍
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I absolutely agree, this channel gives me such comfort, I am so grateful.
Thanks for the Information still learning about her and Ted Hughes
So great so nostalgic with a lost lonely feel to this doc , A+!!!
I'm so glad I found you. Thank you for these wonderful documentaries.
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What a treasure this is. I'm so grateful to have stumbled upon this. 🙏
So many great people featured on your channel! An eclectic collection of authors. Thank you for your time and effort in sharing these and the work that goes into uploading content for us! I appreciate it!
Reading Heather Clark bio now-Known ‘of’ Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf all my life but now find myself digging and digging into their work. I am very late but still very thankful for their words. Thanks for posting-✌️
Like Deb below said, thank you for these wonderful documentaries. I discovered your Rimbaud upload then stumbled upon a goldmine. Bless you!
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Thank you so much, i am an teenager and i really love Sylvia Plath..i love your channel. 💗🤞🏻
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Thank You for these documentaries. Sylvia plath's and Emily Dickinson's are my favourites. ❤
Mad Studies. She is a Wonderful Artist Worth being deeply Studied. What a wonderful Doc, is that her Voice really?? ❤
Had read by an also American poet Sylvia Plath took confessional poetry to it's zenith & nadir.
Is this another valuable product and genuinely worthwhile work from Director Lawrence Pitkethly??
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WTF was Dido Merwin in this?! I thought she hated Sylvia 😳🤔
She didn’t hate her, she was close to them and told what she knew.
How did I not find you til now? Are you really funded by NEA? I thought that was only in the past. This is the first of your shows I'm watching. I looked at your video list....I see I'm going to be busy.
Alvarez is a fabulous advocate for Sylvia, perhaps because he was, like her, a mental illness sufferer.
And her lover.
And by his own account,
a failed suicide.
His book "The Savage God"
is informative and insightful regarding Sylvia's last days.
Look Jong look
This poet is depressed 😊but I do love her poetry.
first off, therefore Praise the message! Elden ring based off this
Hughes had a penchant for mentally unstable women. He is not responsible for Plath’s killing herself. A healthy person would leave…and rebuild her life. I have gone through very challenging times and did not become depressed or killed myself. I am so sick of unadultered adulation.
Be gone
Existential trauma
Well, existence is punishment
So angry, I think
So utterly hurt by everything in the world, I think.
@@8angst8 yes. But I also think hurt people become angry (understandably).