Heather Clark

Heather Clark earned her bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Harvard University and her doctorate in English from Oxford University. A former Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, she is the author of The Grief of Influence: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes and The Ulster Renaissance: Poetry in Belfast 1962-1972. Her work has appeared in publications including Harvard Review and The Times Literary Supplement, and she recently served as the scholarly consultant for the BBC documentary Sylvia Plath: Life Inside the Bell Jar.

The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar at 60

Heather Clark on One of the Defining Novels of the 20th Century

February 9, 2023 By Heather Clark

On Sylvia Plath’s Creative Breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists’ Colony

Good Things Happen When Writers Can Escape the World's Demands

October 28, 2020 By Heather Clark

Heather Clark

The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar at 60

Heather Clark on One of the Defining Novels of the 20th Century

On Sylvia Plath’s Creative Breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists’ Colony

Good Things Happen When Writers Can Escape the World's Demands

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