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Newly released by the British Library archive, and published in the New Statesman, Ted Hughes’ poem “Last Letter” recounts the three days leading up to his wife Sylvia Plath’s suicide, ending with the moment he is informed of it. Fervent Plath fans, of the kind who vandalized her tombstone to remove his name from its inscription, may or may not receive his anguish well, for he is commonly blamed for her suicide, given that their break-up (initiated by him) immediately preceded it. (via Plath & Hughes | HTMLGIANT)
as a sylvia plath fan, someone who has extensively read her poetry and counts the bell jar as one of my favorite books, i think the faulting of ted hughes for her suicide is kind of a cop out. she felt things deeply and he treated her like crap, but ultimately only one person can be responsible for a suicide, or it would be called something else.
