SOURCE: "The Separative Self in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar," in Women's Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1, May, 1990, pp. 49-64.
In the following essay, Bonds reconsiders feminist critical analysis of The Bell Jar, drawing attention to Esther Greenwood's recovery in the novel. According to Bonds, Esther fails to establish an autonomous, or separative, self, and ultimately resorts to "culturally-ingrained stereotypes of women."
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