The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol 2

by Sylvia Plath

  Nozal, Helen Folezyk, 339n

  Nozal, Marcia, see Baker, Marcia Nozal Nozal, Richard Rory, 339n

  Nozal family, 339

  Nuclear bomb shelters, see Fallout shelters

  Observer, The (London), 186n, 286, 385n, 423, 443–4, 524, 542n, 555, 606, 609, 653, 673n, 700, 716, 739n, 760n, 764n, 788, 800, 836n, 846n, 912n, 933, 968n; SP’s work in, 423n, 425, 660, 716n, 718, 800n, 887, 890, 893, 896, 923n; TH’s work in, 286n, 606n

  Odets, Clifford, 515

  Okehampton, England, 675, 743, 779n, 813n, 896n

  Okehampton Eye Clinic, 896n

  Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming, 353

  Olivier, Laurence, 465–6, 468, 473, 502

  Olsson, Diana, 542n

  O’Neil, Patricia Gibson, see Pratson, Patricia O’Neil

  O’Neill-Roe, Richard, 865n

  O’Neill-Roe, Susan A., see Booth, Susan O’Neill-Roe

  Ontario, 332

  Onteora High School, 96

  Oregon, 897

  ‘Oresteian Trilogy of Aeschylus: Agamemnon’, 720n

  Orleans, Mass., 74, 109, 157, 167, 169

  Orr, Peter, 887n, 907

  Ortunio, Tomas, 377

  Osborne, Charles, SP’s correspondence with, 620, 645, 955

  Oslo Norway, 928

  Ouija board, 5, 7, 66, 200, 258–60; ‘G.A.’, 13; Jumbo, 5, 13; Keva, 5; Kolossus, 260; Pan, 5, 66, 259

  Our Lady and the English Martyrs (church, Cambridge), 179

  Owen, Wilfred, 163n; Thirteen Poems, 163n

  Oxford, England, 40n, 428, 430, 621, 703, 716, 756

  Oxford Mail, 968n

  Oxford University Poetry Society, 428

  Oxford University Press, 178, 432

  Oxtongue Lake Bridge, 334

  Pacific Ocean, 327, 348, 349n, 351

  Pack, Robert, 305n

  Paganism, 669, 694, 738, 921

  Palo Alto, California, 326

  Panda Prints, see Welcher, Rosalind Pappagallo, 6

  Paraguay, 293

  Paris, 13, 19, 34, 39, 79, 118, 126, 129, 145, 181, 236n, 255n, 273–4, 276, 327, 375, 379, 409, 414, 431n, 549, 562, 565, 620n, 708, 799, 847; restaurants: Franco Oriental, 255n

  Paris Review, The, 12n, 112

  Parkway Gallery, 499

  Parry, Sheila, 552–3n, 691n

  Parsons, Peter, 231n

  Partisan Review, The, 273, 325, 424–5, 438, 508; SP’s work in, 325n, 328, 372, 424n, 425, 508n, 660, 718; TH’s work in, 508n

  Pasadena, California, 351

  Passage to India, A, 542

  Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 288, 372n, 555; Doctor Zhivago, 288n, 372; Poems, 1955–1959, 555n

  Pawley and Maylon, 624, 698

  Peace movements, 461–2, 697

  Pearce, Philippa, 778n; SP’s correspondence with, 784

  Peebles, 376

  Peer Gynt (fictitious character), 939

  Pelican Publishing Company, 525

  Pendennis, ‘Ted ’n’ Thom’, 444n

  Pender, Lydia, Barnaby at the Horses, 672n

  Penelope (Greek mythology), 805

  Penguin (firm), 253, 256, 258, 515, 537, 917

  Pennines (England), 16n

  Pennsylvania, 56, 58, 113, 230

  Persephone (Greek diety), 728

  Peter Pan Bus Lines, 355

  Peterborough, New Hampshire, 243n

  Pfaff sewing machines, 527

  Phi Beta Kappa Society, 672

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 466

  Philippines, 606

  Phillips Exeter Academy, 3n, 80n

  Phoenix, Arizona, 352

  ‘Phoenix Theatre’, 108n

  Photography, film, 103, 151

  Picasso, Pablo, 220, 510

  Piccadilly (London), 531, 546

  Piccadilly Circus (London), 422

  Pickwick Papers, The (motion picture), 209

  Pieria, Greece, 886

  Pierson, Carol, see Ryser, Carol Pierson Pilinskzy, János, 502n

  Pinter, Harold, 473, 542n; The Caretaker, 473, 542

  Pinto, Vivian de Sola, 537n

  Pioneer Valley (Mass.), 88, 253

  Pirandello, Luigi, 303n; Six Characters in Search of an Author, 303

  Pitchford, Kenneth, 146n

  Pitt-Rivers, Margot, 631

  Plath, Aurelia Schober (SP’s mother), 34, 37, 79–81, 90, 109–10, 124, 129–30, 189, 194, 199, 202, 208, 239, 243–4, 253, 256, 261, 289, 291, 299, 308, 309n, 321, 333, 380, 443n, 448–9, 451, 456n, 479, 520, 575, 589, 594–5, 611, 614–15, 618, 627–8, 632, 654, 667, 670, 673, 684, 694–5, 721–5, 747, 751, 768, 771, 780, 786, 788–90, 793–6, 799, 828–32, 844, 858, 860, 869–72, 879, 890, 893, 896, 912, 921, 931, 936–8, 968; birthday of, 114, 118, 121, 139, 462n, 608, 610, 720, 755, 759, 762–3, 768; courses of, 266, 508–9, 561, 669, 677, 714, 716, 721, 724; driving of, 24, 37, 80, 118, 133; knitting of, 591, 593, 605, 607, 712, 716, 720–1, 724, 732, 756; German language of, 259–60; piano playing of, 56, 259; SP’s correspondence with, 3–11, 13–29, 40–42, 45–75, 82–4, 87–9, 91–107, 111–19, 121–3, 126–8, 132–4, 137–52, 157–61, 165–76, 182–4, 194–99, 204–7, 213–14, 218–19, 222–6, 235–7, 248–9, 258–61, 264–8, 270–1, 332–54, 356–67, 372–9, 382–408, 414–18, 427–47, 452–6, 458–72, 474–8, 481–5, 488–99, 501–17, 521–3, 525–37, 541–51, 554–61, 567–86, 589–94, 598–601, 605–610, 615–16, 618–24, 628–31, 633–6, 640–4, 648–53, 656–8, 664–9, 671–3, 676–8, 680–2, 687–8, 696–9, 702–17, 719–20, 727–35, 737–40, 743–6, 755–9, 762–6, 768–9, 773–8, 782–4, 787, 809–11, 813–15, 832–40, 847–50, 855–7, 860–6, 873–5, 882–4, 886–8, 897–9, 904–6, 918–23, 927–8, 939–43, 948–50, 957–9, 963–4; SP’s correspondence with redacted, 832n, 834, 918n, 919; SP’s dedications to, 929, 937; in SP’s fiction, 684; SP’s relationship with, 37, 78, 80–1, 114, 118, 120, 122, 189, 194, 208, 239, 243, 253, 308, 380, 405, 448, 520, 559, 564, 611, 618, 667, 684, 694, 758, 789, 793–6, 799, 829–31, 834, 848, 860–2, 869–74, 879, 887–8, 890, 893, 896, 912, 921–2, 928–9, 931, 937–8, 948, 963–4, 968; teaching of, 87, 714; teeth of, 60, 64, 81; TH’s correspondence with, 343n, 348n, 354n, 442n, 452n, 456n, 477n, 503n, 550n; typing of, 170, 340; vacations of, 24, 235, 253, 565, 569, 575–6, 579, 589, 593–4, 618, 634, 712–13, 747, 751, 768, 780, 788; voyages and travels of, 24, 37, 77, 628, 633

  Plath, Margaret Wetzel (‘Maggie’, SP’s sister-in-law), 607, 611, 658, 709, 712, 714, 717, 720, 722, 729, 732, 734, 737, 744, 746, 756, 759, 763, 769, 773–4, 777, 783, 811, 814, 836–7, 848, 850, 856, 861–5, 871, 875, 884, 888, 899, 920, 941–2, 949–50, 959, 963; SP’s correspondence with, 858–60, 892–4

  Plath, Otto Emil (SP’s father), 21, 141, 299, 337, 350–1, 386n, 438, 443n, 475, 518, 520, 574, 713, 797, 799, 802, 825n, 831–2, 879; Bumblebees and Their Ways, 141n; diabetes of, 386n

  Plath, Sylvia (‘Siv’, ‘Sivvy’, ‘Syl’), 95, 124, 146, 170, 192, 366, 415, 444, 468, 539n, 563, 857n, 864; airplane rides of, 35; and animal rights, 681, 686; anxiety of, 803; appendectomy of, 571, 580, 582–8, 590, 594–5, 597, 610, 646, 695, 748, 759, 872; articles about, 95, 146, 444, 764, 771, 968n; automobiles of, 607–9, 614, 621, 623, 801; awards of, 191, 391, 403, 413, 638n, 647, 657, 663, 672, 676, 680, 686, 697; babysitting of, 655; baking of, 19, 28, 37, 46, 98, 116, 125, 286, 323–4, 392, 447, 580, 582, 587, 590, 656, 675, 703, 705, 708, 712, 716, 721, 725, 727–8, 734, 736, 748, 751, 772–3, 776–7, 799; beekeeping of, 779–80, 782–3, 812–13, 817, 831, 878, 907, 915–16, 930; bird, nursing and asphyxiating of, 258, 261–2; birthday of, 3–4, 191, 366–7, 530, 532–3, 669, 672, 875, 884, 886, 888; boating of, see rowing of, sailing of; body image of, 399, 447–9, 451, 456, 495, 519, 631–2, 668, 681, 699, 701, 736, 756, 793, 804, 806, 844, 876, 879, 899, 910, 914; body weight of, 383, 711, 792, 806, 813–14, 820–1, 828, 848, 855, 859, 862, 864–5, 868–9, 871–3, 881, 910, 914, 943n, 949, 951, 954; braiding of, 299, 320, 323, 406; broadcasts of, 527n, 531, 535, 538, 549, 555, 564, 573, 581, 599, 622n, 623, 629, 743n, 77
7–8n, 786n, 909n, 948–9, 953; canning and preserving of, 774; chilblains of, 419, 740, 748–9, 752; childhood of, 60, 291, 727, 801; church attendance of, 665, 668–9, 678, 694, 738; circadian rhythms of, 51, 93, 96, 99, 101, 114–16, 145, 150–1, 159, 183, 188, 197, 206, 316, 335, 365, 378, 397, 399, 406, 417, 433, 435n, 458, 481, 504, 570, 592, 727, 839; clothes of, 3, 6, 15, 43, 45, 88, 105, 123, 138, 145, 147–8, 161, 195, 262, 378 81, 384, 387–9, 392–3, 399, 506, 550, 668, 699, 707, 710, 716, 721, 755, 806, 878, 884, 904–5, 919, 937, 940–1, 949, 952; blouses, 176, 300, 447, 707, 716, 721, 756, 940; dresses, 127, 191, 631, 878, 884, 886, 905; footwear, 6, 43, 127, 195, 262, 378, 380, 506, 533, 905, 911; jackets of, 3, 6, 733–4; hosiery and underwear, 47, 378, 384, 388–9, 393, 550, 711, 714–16, 720, 727; skirts, 45, 716, 737, 765, 904, 911, 920, 940; sleepwear, 18–19, 378, 707; sweaters, 504, 632, 707, 711, 716, 755, 833, 904, 911, 920, 935; trousers, 195, 940–1; clumsiness of, 712; cooking of, 74, 84, 110, 147, 158, 160, 290, 323–4, 334–5, 337, 341, 343–4, 354, 380, 438–9, 574, 587; in Boston, Mass., 289; in Cambridge, England, 13–14, 19, 27–8, 30, 35, 37, 43, 45, 49–51, 53, 56, 59–60, 70–1, 73, 85, 96, 98, 101, 116, 125; in Eastham, Mass., 157, 166, 169; in Heptonstall, 46, 147, 376–9, 389, 392, 399, 505; in London (3 Chalcot Square), 405, 407, 416, 418, 427–8, 430, 433, 443, 445, 456, 458, 460, 467, 471–2, 474, 485, 496, 524, 526, 528, 536, 564, 568, 580, 582, 598, 600, 621, 635–6, 641; in London (18 Rugby Street), 383–4, 395, 397, 421; in London (23 Fitzroy Road), 930, 942, 949, 954, 957; in North Tawton, 647–9, 655–6, 663, 675, 694, 699, 703, 708, 714–15, 721–2, 736, 748, 758, 766n, 772, 774, 776, 805, 839, 878, 883, 887, 890, 892, 918, 922; in Northampton, Mass., 174, 191, 195–7, 201, 204, 213, 218–19, 221, 248, 255–6; correspondence of, see individuals; costumes of, 288; creative writing of, see Creative writing of Plath; cycling of: Cambridge, England, 60, 126, 135, 143; Cape Cod, Mass., 95, 158, 164, 167; dancing of, 46, 72; depression of, 22–4, 99, 127, 181, 198, 263, 328, 570, 597, 624, 695, 785, 794, 844–5, 882, 957–8, 963, 965, 967–9; diary writing of, 86, 432–3, 503, 581, 584, 588–9; diet of, 570, 585, 658, 703, 707, 835, 839, 844, 855, 875, 887, 890–2, 931, 949, 954, 957, 960; see also meals; divorce proceedings of, 792, 794, 804, 813–14, 817, 829, 834, 836–8, 845–9, 851–2, 855–7, 861, 865–6, 868–9, 871–2, 876, 879–80, 888, 893, 895, 901, 923–5, 936–7, 945, 948, 952, 967; drawings, paintings, and sketching of, 12, 33–5, 118, 173, 181, 187, 270, 276, 288, 290, 323, 339, 385, 395–6, 504, 536, 607, 702, 941–2, 947, 949, 953, 960; dreams of, 4, 125, 142, 170, 344, 455, 517, 593; nightmares, 283, 344–5, 448, 451, 561, 637, 797, 805; drinking of, 19–20, 41, 50, 66, 72, 114, 127, 153, 156, 169, 175, 193, 196, 204, 212, 240–1, 263, 299, 428, 431, 459, 461, 464, 484, 486, 488, 516, 518–19, 525, 535–6, 712, 851, 881, 893, 951–2, 957; driving of, 92, 149, 162, 166, 192, 194–5, 260, 332, 334–5, 338–9, 341, 344, 347–8, 623, 629, 704, 927, 940, 949; editing of, 560, 562, 571, 573, 618, 621, 625, 627, 639, 666, 712; education of, see Smith College, University of Cambridge; embroidery of, 777–8; emotions of: anger, 121, 144, 248, 253, 390, 464, 498, 759, 777, 793, 817, 837–8, 848, 852, 859, 863, 865–6, 875, 877–8, 889, 919–20, 947, 957; crying, 351, 384, 393, 717, 792–3, 804, 807, 40, 844, 911, 914, 922; happiness, 18, 25, 36, 38, 45–6, 48, 50–1, 53, 59, 64, 71–3, 84, 87, 89, 98, 107, 112, 123, 126, 128, 159, 169, 173, 194, 198, 202, 206, 209, 367, 374, 394, 403, 405, 410, 413, 420, 428, 439, 446, 451, 455, 468, 471, 484, 518, 534, 548, 550, 554, 560, 566, 593, 606, 610, 615–17, 622, 644, 652, 662, 669, 680, 697, 704, 706, 708, 737, 739, 758, 769–70, 776, 782, 793–4, 804, 833, 842, 848, 852–5, 862, 869, 876, 887, 891, 897, 901, 904, 911, 922, 927, 929–30, 936, 938, 940, 953, 963, 965; jealousy and envy, 84, 100, 330, 791–2; sadness and despair, 13, 21, 71, 106, 116, 175, 181, 184, 223, 262, 384, 399, 413, 420, 549, 576–8, 593, 652, 672, 677, 696, 760, 831, 844–5, 896, 945, 957, 961, 963, 968–9; entertaining of, 82, 84, 174, 195–6, 201, 204, 208, 276, 430, 433, 439, 457, 463–4, 467, 471–2, 474, 496, 510, 536, 564, 568–9, 613, 620–2, 635–6, 641, 666, 678, 730, 732, 764–6, 769, 773, 797, 844, 922, 942, 949, 954, 957, 963n; exercise of, 9, 36, 64–5, 89, 98, 106, 111, 124–5, 139, 146, 197, 220, 251, 256, 276, 291, 372, 374, 378, 387, 399, 407–8, 431, 433, 435, 445, 447, 459–60, 488–9, 504, 506, 565, 573, 632–3, 663, 681, 710, 843; see also individual exercises; family background of, 122, 127, 380, 390, 694, 797, 799; fan mail of, 836, 904; fears of, 23, 58, 70, 96, 115, 130, 164, 184, 210, 519, 563, 571, 673, 797–9, 802–3, 828, 831, 847, 860, 862, 870, 960, 967–9; finances of, 3, 8–10, 14, 19–21, 25, 28–9, 38, 40–1, 47, 56, 87, 123, 126, 133, 139–40, 146, 159, 167–8, 171–2, 244, 261, 264, 340, 349, 366, 387, 393–4, 398n, 400–1, 407, 415, 417, 430, 432, 434, 437, 442, 459, 478, 482, 484, 486, 490–1, 502, 505, 526, 545, 551, 591, 600, 606, 619, 632n, 635, 642–3, 652, 657, 669, 671–2, 681, 697, 712, 717, 739, 785, 795, 797, 805, 814, 830, 833, 835–6, 840, 844, 847, 850–1, 855–6, 860–1, 863, 868, 873–5, 877–9, 881, 886, 888, 890, 896, 899, 904, 906, 911, 915, 919–24, 931, 934, 936–7, 940–2, 944, 949, 951, 953, 957–8, 960, 963, 967; budgets, 101, 126, 147, 167, 203, 219, 262, 361, 386, 464, 498n, 697, 860, 881; creative writing and readings, 13, 102, 168, 191, 203, 212, 215, 243, 249, 252, 256, 259, 261, 270, 287, 313, 321–2, 364, 403, 426, 438, 464, 475, 486, 507–8, 511, 513, 528, 535, 578, 583, 593, 619, 623, 638n, 657, 663–4, 676, 686–8, 697, 719, 769, 796, 800, 852, 869, 908, 963; daffodils, selling of, 744, 757, 759, 762–3, 773; grants and publications, 7, 10, 12, 23, 25, 30, 33, 35, 39, 53, 59, 110, 230n, 275, 283, 287, 300, 500–1, 613, 680, 685, 687, 689, 691, 698, 701, 728, 735, 741, 745, 761, 778, 827, 834–7, 840, 842, 844, 850, 863, 866; loans of, 490, 606, 635, 698, 710, 744, 747, 758, 847; part-time employment of, 208, 215, 219, 240, 266–8, 272, 277, 282–3, 286, 301, 308, 310, 315, 320, 323, 325, 539, 542, 551, 556, 560, 569, 571, 573, 830, 904; refunds, 649, 774; fishing of, 80, 244, 332–4, 339, 341–2, 348, 361–2, 771, 773, 790, 829; furniture painting of, 649, 665, 681, 705, 707, 721, 724, 738, 755, 782–3, 786, 799, 843, 878, 941–2, 947, 949, 953, 960; gardening of, 464, 466, 473, 479, 483, 486, 637, 642, 647, 651–4, 663, 690, 731, 735, 741, 744, 747–52, 754–5, 757, 759, 762–71, 774, 776, 778–83, 786, 790, 799, 805, 807, 812, 817, 875, 907, 911, 915–16, 930, 936, 952; German background of, 259; goals of, 25, 29, 73, 81, 133, 139, 149, 187, 199, 208, 221, 301, 314, 321–2, 451, 517, 565, 576, 624, 636, 653, 668, 695, 740, 749, 759, 836, 855, 857, 869, 873, 884, 898, 901; hair of, 108, 195, 385, 389, 392, 399, 445, 567, 590, 689, 797, 804, 806, 844, 876, 884, 886, 898–9, 905, 910–11, 921–3, 941, 958, 961; hiking of, 144, 212, 248, 253–4, 257, 260, 264, 336, 352, 556; homesickness of, 27, 31, 42, 46, 52, 54, 116, 171, 256, 376, 384, 397, 399, 433, 455, 463, 504, 556, 570, 572, 633, 668, 670, 673, 693, 720, 722, 724, 728, 751, 846, 943; honeymoon of, 36; horsemanship of, 746, 811, 813, 817, 831, 857, 865n, 869, 878, 880, 888, 898, 906, 915, 930; hospitalization of, 12–13, 580–90; hygiene of, 43, 48, 60, 65, 73, 97, 111, 116, 165, 167, 173, 195, 197, 213, 218, 267, 335, 347–9, 376, 380, 383–5, 389, 392, 396–7, 399, 402, 404, 406, 409, 417, 433, 437, 445, 452, 469, 481, 483, 505, 526, 652, 676, 716, 810, 902; illnesses of, 12, 20, 88, 153, 173, 180, 263, 267, 495, 542, 561, 568, 723, 736, 751, 817, 861, 864, 900; and interior decoration, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20, 28, 31, 35–6, 48, 386, 394, 401–2, 405–7, 410, 412, 417, 419, 422, 427, 439, 442, 481, 643, 646, 649, 653, 665, 686, 689–93, 697–8, 702, 704, 706–7, 713, 738, 758, 927–9, 931, 933–4, 936, 939–44, 951, 953; interpersonal relations, see individuals; introspection of, 20, 22–4, 37, 43, 55–6, 59, 73, 93, 99, 105, 127–30, 133, 141, 149–51, 160, 164, 177–82, 187–90, 192, 197–8, 206, 210, 212, 214, 216–17, 222, 227, 238, 240, 255, 259–63, 266, 274, 279–80, 291, 304, 306, 312–13, 323, 356, 367, 384, 389, 393, 403, 419, 422, 437, 444–5, 453, 475, 495, 504, 506, 512, 519, 546, 551, 560, 567, 610, 623, 668–9, 676, 687, 690, 694–5, 706, 735, 739, 765, 790–5, 801–2, 807, 820, 822, 841–3, 931, 958, 960, 967; jewellery of, 95, 191, 884, 886, 899, 904–5, 911, 941; letter writing of, 3, 8, 14, 18–19, 25, 27–8, 47, 54, 70, 88, 110, 126,
139, 154–5, 158–9, 162, 168, 170, 182, 379, 388, 398–9, 412, 415–16, 435, 445, 447, 450, 456, 462, 465–7, 476, 496–7, 502, 505, 524, 526, 531, 541, 545, 549, 551, 567, 570, 575, 590, 593, 641, 652, 657, 660, 671, 696, 698, 702, 707, 713, 729, 733–4, 765, 778, 783, 814, 833, 839, 845, 870, 883, 885–6, 890–1, 893, 904, 906, 922, 931, 942, 949, 956; library of, 13, 36, 46, 72, 77, 92n, 100n, 126, 138, 140, 146, 153, 163, 171, 274, 281, 288n, 410n, 412n, 444, 453, 465, 472, 496, 503, 519, 528, 550, 556, 647, 688, 704n, 812n, 880n, 905, 917n, 949–50n, 967–8; loneliness of, 383, 459, 546, 668, 859, 862, 866, 868, 871–2, 885, 891, 943, 945–7, 950–1, 957–8, 960–1, 963, 965–6; madness, feelings of, 831, 862–3, 878, 967–9; marriage and anniversaries of, 3, 7, 9–10, 18–20, 32–4, 37–8, 40, 77, 107, 127, 142, 147–8, 218, 221, 237, 244, 248, 299, 783; masks of, 239, 577, 590, 855, 961; maternal instincts of, 113, 129, 134, 140, 149–50, 253, 258, 261–2, 266, 284, 396, 402, 408, 422, 443, 456, 460, 462, 524, 532, 538, 543, 545, 548, 568, 608, 695, 719, 739–40, 742, 830, 833, 869, 963–6; menstruation of, 7, 223; meteorological observations of, 41, 52, 55, 64–5, 69, 72, 95, 98, 101, 106–7, 119, 126, 138–9, 145, 148, 151, 158, 166–8, 176, 191, 202, 204, 208, 212–13, 215–17, 222, 228–9, 233, 240, 253, 256, 258, 264–5, 269–70, 275, 286, 288, 290, 293, 298, 305, 307, 309, 312, 319, 333, 335, 338–40, 347, 353, 358, 362, 365, 367, 372, 375, 377, 380, 384–6, 392, 399, 407, 411, 433, 435, 438, 445, 447, 459–60, 474–5, 477, 481, 484–5, 489, 495, 497, 499, 503–4, 506, 509, 512, 516, 521, 524–5, 528, 546, 553–4, 570, 573, 578, 585, 590, 592, 597, 605, 622, 633, 643, 652, 654, 665, 668, 676, 686–7, 690, 696, 704, 710, 714, 722, 725, 728, 734, 740, 743–4, 749–50, 752, 755–7, 760, 762–4, 776, 780, 813, 835, 842–3, 865, 891, 921, 927, 930, 935, 939–44, 946, 954, 957, 960; moles of, 756–7; and moving, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 20, 25, 30, 34, 43, 173, 180n, 203, 206, 213, 228, 244, 252, 262, 264, 266, 270, 271–3, 369, 383, 388, 397–8, 410–11, 421, 476, 479, 489, 498, 570, 606, 633–7, 639–45, 652, 655, 659, 663, 673, 677, 689, 691, 698, 740, 746, 765, 844, 850, 881, 896, 899, 901, 908, 915, 919, 921–2, 927, 930, 932, 934–5, 938–9, 941, 946n, 955, 959, 964; occultism of, 5, 102, 148, 530, 555, 595, 796, 909, 914, 924, 947; pacifism of, 79, 503, 529, 653, 672–3, 696–7; parenting beliefs of, 456, 520, 569, 578, 665, 669, 694, 707, 831, 887; passports of, 357, 359, 628n; perfumes of, 379; personality traits, 113; competitiveness, 61, 70, 72, 330, 464, 468; enthusiasm, intensity, vigour, 48, 51, 53, 72, 79, 82, 87, 93, 97–9, 108, 120, 122–3, 126, 129, 142, 148, 150–1, 160, 186, 271, 273, 278, 337, 339–40, 348, 350–1, 359, 432, 455–6, 475, 478, 481, 484, 537, 543–4, 548, 562, 600, 605, 616, 654, 665, 667, 673, 677, 702, 733, 779, 852, 883–4, 887, 889–90, 893, 897, 904, 909, 929, 940, 951, 953; individualism, 65, 218, 394, 430–1, 452, 471, 542, 794; outgoing, 39, 76, 174, 183, 232, 306, 327; perfectionism, 58, 90–1, 95, 99, 101, 141, 181, 187, 192, 266, 393, 517, 530, 578, 602, 615–16, 677; practicality, 47, 56, 90, 163, 172, 252, 337, 340, 361, 391, 393, 395–6, 398, 432, 550, 665, 671–2, 688, 735, 744, 765, 893, 911–12; selfishness, 205, 238, 473, 520; selflessness of, 410, 471, 494, 534, 590, 597, 610, 637, 649, 698, 704–5, 837, 840, 848, 859, 878, 904, 911, 928, 952, 958, 961, 968; sensitivity, 15, 50, 91, 140, 146, 174–5, 183, 206, 299, 397, 416, 428, 430–1, 439, 558–9, 562–7, 644, 695, 777, 839, 842–3, 899–901, 958; sentimentality, 38, 56, 80, 98, 130, 158, 171, 179, 238, 266, 279, 287, 376, 379–80, 384, 472, 690, 693–4, 719, 722, 728, 737, 759, 801, 814, 845; wit and humour, 49, 51–2, 55, 58–61, 65, 69, 71, 77–9, 82, 85, 91, 101, 108, 111, 119–20, 124, 131, 135, 152, 156, 181, 187–8, 217, 220–1, 238, 244, 261, 272–3, 280–2, 291–2, 301, 305n, 307, 312, 316, 321–2, 327–30, 380, 396, 406, 409–11, 413–14, 419, 429, 431, 437–8, 453–7, 468, 476, 478, 479, 484–7, 495–6, 517–19, 524–5, 552, 556, 561, 565, 574, 582, 593, 595–6, 599, 605, 611, 615, 621, 627, 636–7, 647, 653–4, 660, 664–5, 669, 673–4, 681, 685–6, 689–90, 694–5, 698, 702, 707, 709, 728, 737, 740, 743, 747, 751, 755–6, 766–8, 772, 778–80, 785, 787–8, 795, 799, 808, 811, 816, 822, 834, 871, 878, 892, 914, 923, 925, 937, 965; pets of, 836, 845, 856; see also Sappho (Plath family cat); Skunky-Bunks (Hughes family cat); Tiger-Pieker (Hughes family cat); see also Plath, Sylvia, bird, nursing and asphyxiating of; philosophical beliefs of, 9–10, 21–5, 56, 60, 70, 73, 112, 122, 128–9, 133, 139, 158, 176, 182, 184, 188–9, 197–8, 212, 223, 240, 243–4, 249, 251, 279, 281, 312, 349, 363, 372, 394, 399, 412, 459, 512, 525, 540, 574, 687–9, 701, 737, 803–4, 886, 888, 891, 897, 899, 904, 922, 931, 938, 964, 967; photographs of, 18, 40, 47, 53, 55, 113, 125, 234n, 334, 346, 358, 484, 487, 501, 505, 507, 510–11, 513, 526, 701, 773, 939; piano playing of, 738, 744–5, 752; poetry judging of, 306, 704, 797n, 829, 902n, 940; poetry readings of, 445, 476, 628, 803, 887, 890; and politics, 7–8, 10, 429, 461–2, 480, 496, 529, 653n, 672–3, 696–7; professions contemplated by SP, 52, 70, 258, 277, 305–6, 579–80; see also and teaching; procrastination of, 313, 770; proofreading of, 141, 148, 257, 268, 300, 330n, 377, 385, 398, 432, 468, 480, 530, 533, 602, 615–16, 625, 682, 726, 793; pseudonyms of, 748, 928; Lucas, Victoria, 613n, 685, 748, 928, 947; Smith, Saratoga, 638n; public speaking of, 284, 310, 315–16, 626n, 628, 803, 923; publications of, 4, 16, 33, 126, 133–4, 230n, 242, 270, 305, 307–8, 314, 321, 325, 334, 338, 364, 368, 370, 393, 403, 414, 423–6, 432, 464, 502, 538, 676–7, 704, 739, 906, 912, 919, 923, 936, 940, 954, 968; reading of, 15–16, 20–1, 25, 28, 36, 51, 57, 91, 100, 121, 125, 129, 147, 155, 164, 166, 168, 176, 181, 189, 198, 201, 233, 253, 256, 258–9, 288, 291–2, 308, 311, 320, 361–3, 412, 414, 427, 429–31, 433–4, 437, 440, 444, 455, 458, 460–1, 465, 472, 476, 496, 503, 519, 584, 591, 592, 647, 682, 688, 694, 698, 702, 919–20, 941–2, 952; see also individual authors; and real estate, 488–90, 507, 510, 538, 542, 546–8, 571, 606, 633, 635, 856, 859, 869, 873, 881, 895, 897–8, 905–6, 910–11, 915, 936, 945–6, 950–1, 953, 958, 961, 963, 965–7; recordings of, 230–2, 237, 244, 510, 535, 542, 544, 569, 581, 622–3, 626n, 756, 759, 767, 778, 784, 786n, 808n, 865, 867, 869–70, 876, 883, 885–7, 890–1, 893–5, 948–9; religious beliefs of, 416, 456, 506, 552–3, 665, 669, 674, 678, 694, 738, 857, 917, 921, 943; rowing of, 332–4, 361, 364; sailing of, 801, 893; scrapbooking of, 97, 103, 113, 132, 189; self-confidence of, 58–9, 106, 110, 122, 130, 139, 149–50, 171, 177, 181, 184, 192, 197, 210, 216, 242, 251–2, 255, 266, 304, 422, 430, 505, 568, 574, 615, 671, 705–6, 826–7, 830–2, 836, 843, 845, 859, 861–2, 865, 869–71, 875–80, 882, 884, 888, 890–2, 898–9, 905, 915, 923, 927, 931, 936–7, 940–1, 958, 961, 968; self-esteem, 58, 69, 74, 85, 88, 95–6, 99, 106, 110, 127, 149, 163, 182, 192, 197–8, 249, 251–2, 255, 263, 266, 305, 313–14, 487–8, 503, 566, 634, 694, 699, 793, 800, 804–5, 835, 839, 861, 878, 896, 901, 911–12, 920, 936, 940–1, 958, 960–1, 964–5, 967–9; self-perception, 88, 96, 99, 106, 113, 127, 187, 192–3, 252, 255, 259, 268, 271, 280, 298, 305, 389–90, 430, 456, 475, 495, 555, 565–6, 573, 596, 615, 627, 632–3, 636, 644, 668, 671, 674, 677, 687, 705–6, 760, 794, 804–5, 807, 813–14, 817, 826, 828, 830–1, 845, 861, 864, 869, 873, 876, 879, 884, 888, 893, 898–9, 905, 911, 922, 937–8, 958, 967, 969; sewing of, 300, 445, 454, 514, 516, 522–3, 526–7, 535–6, 538, 574, 579, 633, 655–7, 663, 675, 694, 698–9, 706–7, 712, 749, 774, 799, 949, 952–3, 957, 966; sexual experiences of, 791, 798, 852, 879; see also individual men; sexual feelings of, 791, 798, 876–7; shock therapy of, 798; shorthand, learning of, 542; singing of, 797, 855; sinusitis, colds, and fevers of, 12–13, 15, 17, 20, 45, 47, 55, 83, 195, 199, 202, 208–9, 215, 229, 372, 439–40, 442, 445, 447, 449–50, 454, 521, 524–6, 545–6, 554, 558, 565, 567, 570, 585, 595, 717, 719, 736–7, 785, 813–14, 816–17, 819–22, 828–9, 841, 849, 855, 858, 860, 862, 864–5, 870–2, 874, 881–2, 886, 890, 892, 904, 914, 918, 924, 948, 951, 954–5, 960, 966; sleep of, 55, 94, 96, 99, 115, 145, 157, 173, 188, 197–8, 204–5, 316, 341, 343–4, 347, 365, 372–5, 378, 399, 401, 405–7, 417, 433, 442, 446–7, 451, 455, 458–9, 484, 504, 546, 551, 570, 588, 590, 633, 686, 709, 711, 715, 719, 721, 727, 729, 792, 794, 796–7, 803, 808, 839, 844, 849, 931, 944, 951, 960; 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ee also illnesses of; smoking of, 851, 859, 881, 896, 944; snobbishness of, 14, 36–8, 91, 100, 116, 127, 146, 176, 179–80, 206, 238, 280, 336, 376, 380, 396, 409, 421, 468, 484, 504, 584, 669, 674, 689, 693–4, 703, 737, 811, 847, 857, 951; suicide attempt and treatment of, 22, 798, 803, 827, 834, 861, 868, 871, 874, 878; summer jobs of, 4n, 655, 748, 776, 782; swimming and suntanning of, 34, 124, 144, 148, 158, 161, 164, 238, 262, 347–8, 460, 499, 591, 629–31, 744, 756, 780; taxation of, 363, 624, 693, 698, 703, 919–2; and teaching, 7, 15, 25, 32–4, 37, 39, 43, 47, 51–2, 54, 56, 58–9, 62, 79, 87–8, 90, 92–3, 99, 107–8, 147–9, 164, 171, 174–5, 181, 182, 184, 187–9, 191, 194, 197–8, 200, 206, 209–10, 214, 216, 218, 220, 227, 238, 251, 280, 306, 313, 850; teeth of, 173, 483, 526, 658, 734, 737, 745, 906; telegraphs of, 385, 777; telephone numbers of, 15, 275, 329, 434, 436, 439, 457, 467, 474, 613, 636n, 644, 743, 766, 788, 895; TH’s dedications to, 148; typewriters of, 323, 357; Olivetti, 405, 447; Smith-Corona, 53, 95, 127, 127–8n; typing of, 17, 35, 52, 59, 69, 72, 78, 83, 86, 91, 95, 101–2, 110, 112, 124, 132, 135, 141, 165, 244, 290, 301–2, 323, 329, 378, 389, 399, 401–2, 405, 446–7, 450, 456, 458, 476–7, 482, 522, 525, 573, 577, 635, 676, 681, 711, 738; voyages and travels of, 8, 25, 29, 32, 34–5, 44–5, 83, 125, 137, 145, 151, 315–16, 332–57, 372–5, 392–5, 411, 419, 504, 558, 624, 628–31, 657, 667n, 672, 676, 687, 808n, 821; and wealth, 390, 396, 466, 488, 494, 499, 671, 681; x-rays of, 12–13, 267, 542, 865, 881, 949, 951