by Sylvia Plath
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 411–12n
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 780, 851, 871
Nightingale, Florence, 416, 932
Nike of Samothrace (‘Winged Victory’), 1069, 1087, 1104
Nimbus, 1303
Norfolk, Virginia, 776
Norfolk County Teacher’s Convention, 36n
North Carolina, 409, 574–5, 760
North Falmouth, Mass., 126
North Station (Boston), 10, 17, 29
Northampton, Mass. (‘Hamp’), 204, 250, 271, 292, 309, 332, 382, 406, 424, 428, 432, 508, 537, 546, 500, 580, 585, 611, 623, 628, 666, 674, 683, 688, 693, 706n, 708, 711, 727n, 816n, 823n, 832n, 860, 863, 883–4, 886, 896–7, 899, 915, 1176; Green Street, 323–4, 503, 555n, 588, 677, 996; Hampshire Bookshop, The, 303, 406, 423, 587, 686, 727n, 831, 833, 900; Quill Bookshop, 373, 727n;
restaurants: Coffee Shop, 208, 555, 653, 688; Jack August’s, 277, 438, 506, 508, 736; Joe’s Spaghetti House, 383, 512, 534, 574, 706, 854, 858; Little Italy, 866; Rahar’s Inn, 220, 311, 395, 401, 443, 537, 555, 557, 590, 727–8, 901, 903–5; Toto’s, 706; Wiggins Tavern (Hotel Northampton), 205, 236, 263, 309, 311, 317, 328, 555, 558
Northampton, UK, 1176
Northampton [US] State Hospital, 373, 411, 421, 536
Northampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 411, 421, 423
Northeastern University, 499
Northwestern University, 326
Norton, Charles Perry, 85n, 106, 108, 161, 191–2, 279, 285, 316, 320, 333, 447, 449, 458, 460, 469, 480, 485–7, 513–14, 524, 531, 533–5, 543, 551–2, 557, 565–6, 571, 573–4, 581, 590, 597, 614–15, 634, 696, 732, 735, 747, 761, 1053, 1195, 1237; SP’s dating of, 368
Norton, David Allan, 551n
Norton, David William, 335, 427, 468–9, 573
Norton, Joanne Colburn, 1053
Norton, John Christopher, 551n
Norton, Heidi, 551n
Norton, Mildred Smith (‘Aunt Mildred’), 283, 322, 335–6, 350, 365, 367, 369, 371, 411, 455, 468, 477, 524, 574, 615–16, 618–19, 625, 638, 664, 696, 951
Norton, Richard Allen (‘Dick’, ‘Allan’), 85n, 106n, 245, 279, 282–6, 289, 294–5, 297–8, 300, 302–4, 306, 309–17, 319–20, 322, 327–9, 333–4, 337, 343–5, 349, 352, 355–6, 360, 364–5, 368–72, 374, 383–7, 392, 396, 402, 404–5, 410–12, 416–17, 424–5, 427, 431–2, 436, 444, 447, 449, 455, 457–8, 460, 462, 465–9, 471–3, 476–8, 480–2, 485–8, 491–2, 497–8, 500–1, 503–4, 507, 511, 513–14, 517, 520, 527, 550, 558–9, 562, 570–3, 575, 579, 612, 615–16, 618, 627, 655, 657–8, 666, 1127; ‘Doctor’s Afield: William Carlos Williams’, 556n; ‘Individualism and Sylvia Plath: An Analysis and Synthesis’, 552n; SP’s correspondence with, 382, 422, 462, 552, 579–80; SP’s dating of, 291, 303–4, 316, 320, 369–71, 382, 421, 437, 442–3, 490–1, 521, 574; SP’s descriptions of, 279, 283, 285, 298, 303, 313, 315, 320–1, 402, 416–17, 460, 482, 537, 571, 582, 692, 696, 769–70, 822, 950, 1053; in SP’s fiction, 449–50; tuberculosis and hospitalization of, 521n, 522, 524, 529, 531, 533, 537, 543, 556–7, 578, 582, 605, 618; Yale graduation of, 335–6
Norton, Shirley Baldwin (‘Shirl’), 551, 557–8, 565, 567, 571, 573, 581, 597, 614, 761n, 1053, 1195, 1237
Norton, Steven Arthur, 551n
Norton, William Bunnell (‘Uncle Bill’), 283, 335–6, 367–9, 371, 411, 451, 466, 477, 524, 574, 588, 619
Norton family, 113, 200, 203, 248, 285, 290, 293, 304, 427, 459, 461, 468, 496–7, 525, 531, 538, 548, 557, 570–1, 573, 582, 615, 618–19, 626–7, 638n
Notre-Dame de Paris (cathedral), 1064, 1066, 1069, 1087, 1104, 1131, 1157–8, 1232
Novak, Joseph A., 780n
Noxema, 93
Null, Elizabeth Olmstead, 675n
‘O Come O Come Emmanuel’, 1030
O. Henry Prize Stories, 637, 639
Oak Bluffs, Mass., 113, 115
Oberammergau, Germany, 160
Oberon, Merle, 931
O’Brien, David, 266n, 278–9, 285; SP’s dating of, 271
O’Brien, Liam, The Remarkable Mr Pennypacker, 964n
Observer, The (UK), 1316, 1327; play competition, 1316n, 1327
O’Casey, Sean, 964n, 1150, 1152; Juno and the Paycock, 1150, 1152
Oceanic Hotel, Star Island (NH), 59, 145–6, 148n
O’Clair, Mrs, 784
O’Clair, R. M., 784n
O’Connor, Frank, 586, 598, 618, 628, 634, 636, 655, 737, 780, 783, 1279; ‘And It’s a Lonely, Personal Art’, 586n; Stories of Frank O’Connor, 586n
Oedipus (mythological figure), 1142, 1152
O’Hara, Scarlett (fictional character), 345, 376, 771, 807
‘Oh, What a Beautiful Morning’, 645
Ohio, 177, 318
Ohio State University, 418
O’Keefe, Georgia, 373
Oklahoma, 265–6
Okorodudu, Michael, 1176n, 1178, 1251–2
Okorodudu, Mrs, 1176n, 1178, 1251–2
Oldenbrook, William, 737
Oliver Twist (motion picture), 401
Olivia, 385
Olivier, Laurence, 843n, 931, 1070
Olmstead, Elizabeth, see Null, Elizabeth Olmstead
Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (quotation from), 544–5
Once Upon a Time, 77
O’Neil, Francis B., 647n
O’Neil, Francis P., 393n, 647
O’Neil, Helen Gibson, 393n
O’Neil, Julie, 1202
O’Neil, Patricia Gibson, see Pratson, Patricia O’Neil
O’Neill, Eugene, 153, 395, 785; Anna Christie, 395; Desire Under the Elms, 938n; Emperor Jones, 153; The Great God Brown, 153; Long Voyage Home, 395; Nine Plays, 727n; Strange Interlude, 153
Ontario, 489
Onteora High School, 914, 924–6
Opéra de Paris, 1066, 1068, 1087, 1104, 1158
Orangeade, 94
Orchard (Grantchester, UK), 986, 996–7, 1057, 1170
Orcutt, William Dana, 103; Dagger and Jewels, 103; Escape to Laughter, 103
O’Reilly, Maureen Buckley, 258, 280, 374, 376n, 377, 389
Orleans, Mass., 306, 435–6, 476–7, 489, 491, 494, 704, 707, 769, 777n, 782
Ortiz, Enriqueta Luhoz (‘Widow Mangada’), 1217–20, 1222–3, 1225–7, 1238, 1264
Osman, Mahmud Ahmad, 998n
‘Otha’, 469
Otisfield, Maine, 40n
Otway, Thomas, 1005
Our Gang films, 77
Overstreet, Alan Burr, 374n
Owens Stamp Company, 41
Oxford, Maine, 29n, 31n, 68n
Oyster Pond (Chatham, Mass.), 475
Paese Sera, 1154
Paganism, 429, 662, 679, 688, 1040, 1181, 1274, see also Neopaganism
Page, Evelyn, 374n, 384, 403n, 405, 449, 606, 695, 735, 880; see also Scarlett, Roger
Palais de Justice (Paris), 1066, 1069
Palisades (New Jersey and New York), 609, 622
Palestine, 105 Palmer, Dora E., 736
Panda Prints, see Welcher, Rosalind
Panter-Downes, Mollie, 1252, 1286; ‘Letter from London’, 1252n
Paris, France, 171, 604, 864, 869–70, 951, 965, 978, 1000–2, 1008, 1012–13, 1015–16, 1030, 1033–5, 1038–9, 1041, 1043–4, 1047–8, 1050, 1053, 1054–5, 1058, 1062–70, 1075–7, 1081, 1087–90, 1097, 1104, 1109–11, 1117, 1128, 1130–32, 1134, 1143–5, 1147, 1151–5, 1156n, 1157–8, 1160–1, 1164, 1171, 1175, 1177–9, 1186–7, 1189–90, 1194, 1201–2, 1205, 1208–14, 1222, 1224, 1231–6, 1238–40, 1252, 1264; restaurant: Chez Jean, 1211n, 1214, 1231;
theatres: Comédie Caumartin, 1066n; Comedie Champs Elysess, 1157n; Comédie-Française 1068, 1088; Palais Garnier, 1157–8; Studio Parnasse, 1157n; Théâtre des Champs-Elysees, 1068n; Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, 1087, 1104, 1153, 1232
Parker, Dorothy, 564, 872, 1268, 1289, 1330; Death and Taxes, 564
Parthenon (Athens), 546
Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (motion picture), 864–5, 867, 870, 873
Pastan, Linda, 835n
Patch, Helen Kennedy, 555
Patch, Howard Rollin, 504n, 505–7, 520–1, 531, 547, 555, 558, 566, 576, 582, 735, 902, 1124; On Rereading Chaucer, 505n
Patchen, Kenneth, 779
Patchett, Jean, 10
Patchett, Joan, 10
Paul the Apostle, Saint, 1191, 1267, 1273–5, 1289; Epistles, 1267, 1273–5, 1289
Paynter, Elizabeth Storer (‘Biz’), 327
Pazos, Fernando Berckemeyer, 642n
Peace movements, 141, 172, 251
Pearn, Agnes Maria (Inez), 1312n
Peck, Gregory, 30
Pecos Bill (legendary character), 1297
Peer Gynt (fictional character), 1098
Péguy, Charles-Pierre, 1068, 1088; Jeanne d’Arc, 1087–8
Pen Point Percussion (motion picture), 443n
Peoria, Illinois, 292
Peoria Star (Peoria, Illinois), 288
People’s Institute (Northampton, Mass.), 411, 413, 421, 426, 429, 431, 434
Perego, Giovanni, 1155–6, 1160
Perrin, Lesley Davison, 1058n
Perry, USS, 721, 807, 818, 1310n
Peter Pan Inn, 959n
Peterborough, NH, 273–4
Petit, Roland, 1066, 1068
Peynet, Raymond, ‘The Path of Love’, 898n
Phi Beta Kappa Society, 303, 438, 534, 735n, 874
Philip, Prince, consort of Queen Elizabeth II, 978, 991–2, 1058, 1194–5
Philips, Elizabeth Claiborne, see Handleman, Elizabeth Claiborne Philips
Phillips Andover Academy, 629
Phillips Exeter Academy, 508, 998, 1002, 1014n, 1039, 1043, 1048, 1058
Photography, film, 111, 261, 358, 1258
Physically handicapped, 141, 151–2, 169, 319
Picasso, Pablo, 200, 296, 313, 404, 420, 634, 873, 1056, 1069
Piccadilly Circus (London), 963–4, 1020, 1035, 1055, 1170
Pierre, Andre, 733
Pierson, Carol, see Ryser, Carol Pierson
Pierson, Evelyn, 440
Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, 1069
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony), 139, 367
Pill, Hilda, 175n, 692, 707, 716
Pill, Ilo, 167–8, 175, 182, 186–7, 193, 207, 320, 391, 517, 692, 707, 713, 716, 727, 803
Pines Hotel, The, 435, 437, 440–1
Pinewood Studios, 1245
Pioneer Valley (Mass.), 375
Pirandello, Luigi, 975
Piser, Jean, 907n
Pitt, Valerie, 1295
Pitts, Emily, 10
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 642n
Pittsfield, Mass., 506, 508
Place de la Concorde (Paris), 1087, 1104, 1232
Place du Tertre (Paris), 1068, 1087
Place Pigalle (Paris), 1066, 1068, 1087, 1103
Plath, Aurelia Schober (SP’s mother), 3, 30– 2, 35, 46, 48–9, 70, 79, 81, 87, 106, 110, 151, 164, 171, 254–5, 260–9, 318, 331, 340, 349, 352, 367, 369–71, 462–5, 473, 479, 484, 590, 600, 620–2, 646, 640, 651n, 656, 680, 682, 693, 714, 749–50, 759, 762, 783, 1084, 1086, 1097, 1104, 1108, 1111, 1153, 1163–4, 1173–5, 1202–3, 1206–9, 1305, 1319; acrophobia of, 151; birthday of, 312, 595–6, 598, 602, 734–6, 739, 913, 918, 1159–60, 1170, 1176; driving of, 878–9, 922, 970, 984–5, 1012, 1051, 1094, 1098, 1119, 1305; German language of, 500, 798; SP’s correspondence with, 4–20, 22–9, 49–78, 88–102, 105–9, 112–33, 145–6, 172–231, 235–46, 252–4, 256–8, 273–8, 281–91, 293–6, 299–316, 319–23, 328–9, 337–9, 342–3, 353–67, 373–89, 390–7, 400–2, 404–7, 409–13, 419, 421–9, 434–62, 467, 470–1, 477–83, 486–7, 490–501, 503–6, 509–21, 524–30, 533–42, 546–88, 591–8, 602–19, 623–8, 630–8, 651, 684–5, 702–5, 724–5, 729–36, 744, 747, 750, 753–5, 772–4, 797–800, 803–5, 808–14, 818–30, 834–6, 839, 842–9, 854–7, 860–5, 874–93, 898–915, 917–18, 921–9, 931, 933, 938–41, 948–51, 953–5, 958–64, 966–87, 991–4, 996–9, 1002–9, 1012–17, 1025–7, 1029–33, 1035–6, 1051–4, 1067–71, 1073–7, 1079–84, 1089–96, 1098–1103, 1106–8, 1111–16, 1118–21, 1123–5, 1133–44, 1146–8, 1154–61, 1164–72, 1176–1201, 1204–6, 1210–21, 1226–30, 1233–7, 1239–51, 1259–63, 1288–90, 1299–1301, 1322–4, 1326–8; SP’s relationship with, 687, 716, 793, 849–50, 869, 892, 900, 903, 943; teaching of, 110, 616–8, 620–1, 625, 804, 812, 828, 829; typing of, 565, 593, 634, 844, 854; ulcers of, 284–5, 618–20, 774, 801, 804, 811–12, 830, 837, 878, 913–17, 923, 929, 932, 936, 943, 979, 1098, 1171, 1174; vacations of, 54, 56, 116, 767, 799, 812, 854, 903, 914, 940, 1015
Plath, Otto Emil (SP’s father), 3n, 21n, 164, 166, 428, 432, 692, 766, 1163, 1171, 1174; Bumblebees and Their Ways, 110n, 166, 428; diabetes of, 888; SP’s correspondence with, 3; teaching of, 110, 166, 428, 432
PLATH, SYLVIA
(‘Sherry’, ‘Siv’, ‘Sivvy’, ‘Syl’, ‘Sylvy’),
acrophobia of, 150–1, 732, 734, 737, 759;
acting of, 415, 983–5, 988, 990, 995, 1000–1, 1003, 1013, 1042, 1048, 1140, 1150, 1251;
aircraft rides of, 536–7, 680, 705, 713, 716, 832, 834, 863–4, 869–70, 872, 1160–1;
arts and crafts of, 16–17, 19–20, 27, 57, 66, 68, 71–2, 78, 86, 118; pottery, 122, 124, 128, 130–1, 663, 665; teaching, 411, 413, 421, 426, 431;
babysitting of, 111, 137, 166, 335, 456, 478, 482, 832; see also Cantor family, Mayo family;
badminton playing of, 52, 304, 308, 663, 665;
baking of, 350, 356, 364, 771;
basketball playing of, 87,107, 229, 239, 245, 293;
birthday of, 36–7, 153, 178, 207, 390, 434, 517, 521, 828–9, 996–7, 1037, 1307, 1317, 1320, 1323, 1328;
boating of, see canoeing of, rowing of, sailing of;
body image of, 311, 322, 415, 548, 557, 561, 566–8, 576, 603–4, 617, 642–3, 656, 837, 1112, 1134, 1180, 1275;
body weight of, 90–1, 93–4, 99, 104, 115, 117–18, 150, 177, 180, 202, 204, 444, 494;
canoeing of, 15, 20, 24, 52, 54, 59, 61, 72, 75, 78, 150, 328;
childhood of, 680–1, 765–6;
church attendance of, 31, 115, 126, 145, 181, 210, 375, 392, 413, 427, 479 487–8, 500, 534;
circadian rhythms of, 87, 187, 253–4, 268, 344, 354, 410, 451, 460, 550, 565, 578, 820, 918, 1090, 1178, 1223, 1225, 1310;
clothes of, 72, 75, 89, 96, 121, 187, 190, 193, 196, 198, 203, 207, 230, 268, 274, 277, 284–5, 289–90, 294–6, 301, 306, 310, 314, 320, 322, 335, 356, 367, 384, 436–8, 448, 453, 464, 494, 501, 506, 511, 515–16, 534, 550–1, 604–5, 607, 609, 613–15, 617, 625, 629, 632, 667, 729, 735, 807, 816, 828, 832, 937, 950, 962–3, 992, 1095, 1097 1112, 1118, 1120, 1147, 1156, 1160, 1188, 1190, 1198, 1208, 1212, 1214, 1241–2, 1250, 1265; blouses, 19, 45–46, 121, 183, 189, 199, 207, 216, 246, 302, 306, 314, 335, 518, 812, 814, 828, 836, 854, 858; dresses, 33, 80, 298, 360, 394, 500, 551, 554–5, 558, 567, 572, 575–8, 631, 698–9, 730, 731, 733, 812, 850, 854, 858, 901, 906, 923, 998, 1026, 1042, 1048; footwear, 85, 117, 178, 198, 295, 395, 417, 515–16, 518, 520, 576, 604, 606–7, 610–11, 634, 638, 807, 823, 835, 836, 849, 978, 979, 981, 1004, 1032, 1120, 1156, 1190, 1249; hosiery and underwear, 839, 981, 1029, 1032; skirts, 121, 189, 190–1, 203, 216, 230, 246, 302, 306, 309–10, 314, 322, 335, 383, 435, 438, 516, 518, 534; sleepwear, 726, 858, 869, 1028, 1029; sweaters, 131, 189, 191, 193, 198, 274, 277, 284, 320, 383–4, 435, 448, 516, 534, 828, 832, 850–1, 1147; trousers, 15, 65, 91, 178, 189, 243, 304, 320, 344–5, 361, 443, 850–1, 852, 1034;
clumsiness of, 181, 315, 317, 349, 447, 476, 1214, 1270;
college entrance achievement tests, 157–8, 160–1;
cooking of, 481, 765, 914, 1050, 1249; in Benidorm, 1219–20, 1222–3, 1227–9, 1238, 1240; in Cambridge, UK, 1029–30, 1033, 1042, 1049, 1054, 1057, 1119, 1174, 1180; in Cambridge, Mass.; 780, 786; in Chatham, Mass. (Cantor family), 471–2, 475, 479, 486, 496; in Heptonstall, UK, 1242, 1248; in Swampscott, Mass. (Mayo family), 308, 338, 344, 348–50, 354, 359, 363–4, 367; in Wellesley, Mass., 557, 754, 774, 782, 797–8, 821, 937, 953;
correspondence o
f, see individuals;
costumes of, 28, 55, 59–61, 96–7, 126, 146, 148;
creative writing of, see Creative writing of Sylvia Plath;
cycling of: Cambridge, UK, 981, 987–8, 990, 992, 993–4, 995, 998–9, 1007, 1012, 1027, 1029, 1057, 1100, 1102, 1112, 1319; Cape Cod, Mass., 458, 461, 468–9, 472, 475, 480, 492, 496, 498; Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., 92–3, 95, 97, 100–1, 115–16, 125–6; New Haven, Conn., 284–5, 292, 298; Northampton, Mass., 187, 192, 201, 204, 211, 233, 243, 304, 375, 547–8, 567–8, 578, 695, 698; Swampscott, Mass., 354, 359–60; Wellesley, Mass., 45, 103–4, 150, 162–4, 377n;
dancing of, 23, 44, 50, 52, 141, 143, 146, 148, 159, 161, 181, 184, 238, 283, 286, 298, 57, 361, 377–9, 395, 488, 500, 520, 523, 538, 551, 580, 611, 954, 956–7, 963;
dating of, 166, 297, 364–5, 371–2, 396, 417, 419, 427, 438, 447–8, 451–2, 461, 481–2, 498, 513, 566, 570, 592, 619, 696, 703, 969, 972, 979, 1119; see also individuals;
depression of, 228, 242, 255, 282, 287, 309, 339, 401, 447–8, 451, 465, 526–8, 542, 565–6, 1098, 1100, 1112–14, 1116, 1152, 1171, 1174, 1300, 1305, 1320;
diary writing of, 17, 21, 31, 41, 44–5, 80, 92, 95, 99, 260, 266, 499, 573, 1087, 1250, 1252, 1296, 1318;
diet of, 72, 75, 100, 117, 132, 617, 632, 980, 1057, 1077, 1083, 1126, 1219, 1229, 1249; see also meals;
drawings, paintings, and sketching of, 4, 9–10, 14, 16–20, 22, 24, 29, 31–3, 35–7, 39–46, 51, 55, 57–61, 64–6, 68–73, 75–77, 79–84, 86, 93, 95–7, 105–11, 116, 119, 128–32, 137, 144, 147, 150, 158, 163, 181, 211, 220, 230, 234, 242, 246, 260, 278, 283, 285, 304, 310, 312, 314, 317, 322, 333, 347, 349–50, 356, 363, 385, 387, 389, 392, 394, 403–4, 411, 414, 425, 429, 435, 489, 494, 496, 501, 508, 516, 518, 533–4, 575, 588, 605, 607–8, 650, 653, 747, 764–5, 822, 854, 933, 941, 966, 974, 978, 1011, 1021, 1023, 1074, 1097, 1100, 1106, 1125, 1140, 1144, 1155–8, 1161, 1175, 1179, 1187, 1194, 1196, 1207, 1212, 1220, 1239, 1250, 1252, 1261, 1264, 1284, 1286–7, 1292, 1296, 1306–7, 1326–7; see also Smith College courses (Art 13), (Art 210);
dreams of, 29, 39, 44, 96, 100, 380, 788, 966, 1121, 1303, 1319; nightmares, 63, 190, 344–5, 1284, 1321, 1325–7;
drinking of, 311, 358, 361, 377–8, 427, 444, 447, 453, 458, 464, 469, 481, 491, 518, 522, 34–5, 603–4, 610–11, 614, 622, 627, 635, 637, 640, 647, 678, 685, 852, 854, 858, 669, 678, 685, 706, 742, 744, 901, 992, 995, 1107–8, 1117, 1120, 1152–3, 1158, 1167, 1176, 1179, 1186,1213–14, 1217, 1258, 1294, 1305, 1308, 1310, 1312;