English Explanatory Dictionary

Sylvia Plath effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers.

Word forms

Sylvia Plath effect

Etymology

Coined by psychologist James C. Kaufman in 2001, referring to the poet Sylvia Plath.

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