Papers of Mary Ellen S. Capek, 1963-1972 (inclusive).

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Papers of Mary Ellen S. Capek, 1963-1972 (inclusive).

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Collection consists of Capek's correspondence with Ted Hughes, James Merrill and others about her research on Plath. Also included is an audiotape of an interview with Plath and her reading of a selection of her poems, mostly from Ariel, probably recorded in 1963; the original is held by the British Council.

1 folder.1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Merrill, James, 1926-1995

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Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998

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Assia Wevill was born Assia Gutman on May 15, 1927, in Berlin, Germany. Her mother, Lisa, was a German Protestant, and her father, Lonya, was a Russian Jew. In the late 1930s, the family fled to Tel Aviv to escape the Nazis. Wevill first married John Steel in London in 1946, and from there emigrated to Canada, sending visas to her family in Israel. In Vancouver, she met her second husband, Richard Lipsey, whom she divorced in 1960 to marry her third husband, David Wevill. The Wevills met Ted Hug...

Capek, Mary Ellen S.

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Mary Ellen S. Capek wrote a dissertation entitled "'Perfection is Terrible': A Study of Sylvia Plath's Poetry" in 1973. From the description of Papers of Mary Ellen S. Capek, 1963-1972 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 472792574 ...

Plath, Sylvia, 1932-1963

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Plath (1932-1963) was educated at Smith College (A.B., 1955) and Newnham College, Cambridge University (A.B., 1957). She married Ted Hughes in 1956 and taught English at Smith College, 1957-1958. Plath and Hughes returned to England in Dec. 1959 and separated in 1962. In her lifetime she published two books: The Colossus and other poems (1960) and The bell jar (1963). On Feb. 11, 1963 she committed suicide in London. Her Ariel poems were edited by Hughes and published in 1965. From t...