Talk:Sylvia Plath effect

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I wonder whether this 'finding' deserves a slot in Wikipedia. With all due respect, it's pretty shaky when it comes down to terms:

-- 'mentally ill'? a spectrum of diagnoses ... -- 'poet'? how defined?

and maybe more important: just downright ghoulish.

I agree, is it not a little disrespectful to a wonderful poet, who also happened to suffer from mental illness to allow her lasting legacy to be a note in pointless psycological exercise? —Preceding unsigned comment added by --Im-Not-Edward-- (talk • contribs)

Does seem like a can of worms, but the article James C. Kaufman lists quite a few places which have covered this (New York Times, NPR, BBC, etc). If that list is accurate, then the subject probably should be covered one way or another. Are there reliable sources which offer a contrary view or evaluate whether the conclusion in Kaufman's paper is warranted? Kingdon 20:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)