Washington University in St. Louis Washington University Open Scholarship All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) January 2009 Getting Out of Wonderland: Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, and Anne Sexton Jessica McCort Washington University in St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd Recommended Citation McCort, Jessica, "Getting Out of Wonderland: Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, and Anne Sexton" (2009). All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). 234. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/234 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Department of English Dissertation Examination Committee: Vivian R. Pollak, Chair Robert Milder Sarah Rivett Miriam Bailin Stamos Metzidakis Gerhild Williams GETTING OUT OF WONDERLAND : ELIZABETH BISHOP , SYLVIA PLATH , ADRIENNE RICH , AND ANNE SEXTON by Jessica Hritz McCort A dissertation presented to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy December 2009 St. Louis, Missouri COPYRIGHT BY JESSICA HRITZ MCCORT 2009 ii DEDICATION To my mother, for introducing me to many of the books I return to here. To my father, for teaching me determination. To my brother, for his strength. To my husband, for giving me the will to finish. To my daughter, whose love of books returned me to my first loves. To my advisor, for all of her support.