The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume 1

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;