Paul Alexander, editor, Ariel Ascending Writings about Sylvia Plath, Harper, 1985
One of the first anthologies of critical essays on Plath which, overall, focus more on her literary accomplishments than on the details of her life.
Ruth Bauerle, "Plath, at Last," in Plain Dealer, Apnl 25, 1971, p. H7
Argues that the novel is more than an autobiographical success.
Elaine Cornell, Sylvia Plath: Killing the Angel in the House, Pennine Pens, 1993
A bnef but competent guide to Plath's biography and her critical history, combined with some uncomplicated interpretations of Plath's works, including The Bell Jar.
Ronald De Feo, review in Modern Occasions, Fall, 1971, pp 624-25.
Published shortly after the novel was published in the United States, this critique perceives the novel as more than a cult classic, praising it for qualities unrelated to its.....
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