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   When was The Snake Pit written?

   • The Snake Pit was first published in 1946 by Mary Jane Ward. It was an instant success and was chosen as a Book of the Month Club title. The autobiographically-based novel about Ward’s experiences as a psychiatric patient in a state mental hospital sold hundreds of thousands of copies even before being made into an Academy Award winning feature film.

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   Is 'The Snake Pit' by Mary Jane Ward a good book?

   • Despite being a mainstream novel and a bestseller, 'The Snake Pit' by Mary Jane Ward challenges much of what creative writing students are taught about characterization, plot, and a consistent point of view.

   Larry Lockridge: Why it’s time to reassess Mary Jane Ward’s The Snake Pit

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   Is 'The Snake Pit' based on a true story?

   • The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward is a work of fiction, but it is drawn from her own experiences with mental illness after she spent time in a psychiatric hospital following a breakdown.

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   Can the Snake Pit be read as a sequel?

   • According to Donaldson's analysis, The Snake Pit can be read as a precursor to Counterclockwise (1969), which is Mary Jane Ward's later novel. Donaldson examines the close and productive relationship between Ward’s fiction and her mental health advocacy in the 1950s using archival evidence from Ward’s papers.

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   Is The Snake Pit out of print?

   • The Snake Pit has been out of print for three decades, which is puzzling given its large social influence and intrinsic literary merit. Initially, Bennett Cerf at Random House tried to get Mary Jane Ward to change the title.

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   How did 'The Snake Pit' influence literature?

   • The Snake Pit, written by Mary Jane Ward, had a significant impact on literature and society. It led to institutional reform of asylums and greater public tolerance of mental illness, resulting in legislative changes of mental health policy in twenty-six states. Its direct literary influence can be seen in works such as 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest' and 'The Bell Jar'.

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2. lithub.com › the-story-behind-the-snake-pit-maryThe Story Behind The Snake Pit, Mary Jane Ward’s Dark Comic ...

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   Oct 8, 2021 · Within weeks of its publication in early 1946, The Snake Pit was first on the Chicago Daily News’s best-seller list and second on The New York Times’s, was a Book-of-the-Month Club Dual Selection, had sold more than a million copies in hardcover, was on its way to Hollywood, and was soon translated into sixteen languages.

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   The Snake Pit was written in 1946 and details a journalists' nervous breakdown into multiple personalities. I've seen the film which is quite depressing though Olivia D'Havilland is fantastic, and I picked up the book at an antique store or somewhere.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary_Jane_WardMary Jane Ward - Wikipedia

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   Mary Jane Ward (August 27, 1905 in Fairmount, Indiana—February 17, 1981, in Tucson, Arizona) was an American novelist whose semi-autobiographical book The Snake Pit was made into an Oscar-winning film.

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   Sep 29, 2021 · Larry Lockridge: Why it’s time to reassess Mary Jane Ward’s The Snake Pit. This spring Library of America reissued Mary Jane Ward’s 1946 novel The Snake Pit on its seventy-fifth anniversary. Based on Ward’s own nightmarish experiences as a patient in a New York State psychiatric hospital, the novel wasn’t just a huge commercial ...

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6. backlots.net › 30 › the-making-of-the-snake-pit-1948The Making of “The Snake Pit” (1948) - Backlots

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   May 1, 2012 · In 1946, a former psychiatric patient by the name of Mary Jane Ward wrote a book called The Snake Pit, dealing with the living conditions inside mental institutions and the cruel and often sadistic ways in which patients were treated.

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   Jul 26, 2018 · This chapter examines the close and productive relationship between Ward’s fiction writing and her experiences as a psychiatric patient and mental health advocate beginning with The Snake Pit in 1946 and including her final published novels, Counterclockwise in 1969 and The Other Caroline in 1970.

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   Jun 1, 2021 · Inspiration for the 1948 film starring Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit sparked important investigative journalism and state legislation to reform the care and treatment of people with mental...