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The Snake Pit is a notable semi-autobiographical novel by American Mary Jane Ward base on her personal experiences struggling with mental illness. - AsNotedIn
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941/00/00 | Mary Jane Ward | Health | Mary Jane Ward suffers a nervous breakdown and is admitted to Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, New York. Her eight months of therapy includes scalding baths and electroshock treatments. | Rockland Psychiatric Center | Orangetown | ||
| 1946/00/00 | Random House | Publisher | Mary Jane Ward Ward's novel, The Snake Pit, is published by Random House. The book receives good reviews from critics and from experts in the psychiatric field. | ||||
| 1946/00/00 | Mary Jane Ward | Author | Mary Jane Ward Ward's novel, The Snake Pit, is published by Random House. The book receives good reviews from critics and from experts in the psychiatric field. | ||||
| 1959/00/00 | Silvia Plath | Writing | Must get out Snake Pit. There is an increasing market for mental-hospital stuff. I am a fool if I don't relive, recreate it. - Sylvia Plath, journal entry |
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| Particulars for The Snake Pit (book): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Mental Illness | Clinical Depression | mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Disease | Mental Illness | wide range of mental health conditions disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Narrative Arts | Semi-autobiographical | dealing partly with the writer's own life but also containing fictional elements. | |