Download or read book The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath written by Janet McCann and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bell Jar has always been troubling reading, because its main character Esther Greenwood is so fully identified with Sylvia Plath herself. Attempts to separate them critically have not been successful. This volume consists of essays about The Bell Jar. Essays discuss how the novel reflected the time in which it was written and on the critical reception of the novel.