Touched with fire : manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament / Kay Redfield Jamison.
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TextSeries: Free Press paperbacksPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, [1996?].Description: xii, 370 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 068483183X
- 305.908 JAM
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 305.908 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000341991 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The definitive work on the profound and surprising links between manic-depression and creativity, from the bestselling psychologist of bipolar disorders who wrote An Unquiet Mind .
One of the foremost psychologists in America, "Kay Jamison is plainly among the few who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between art and madness" (William Styron).
The anguished and volatile intensity associated with the artistic temperament was once thought to be a symptom of genius or eccentricity peculiar to artists, writers, and musicians. Her work, based on her study as a clinical psychologist and researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artists subject to exalted highs and despairing lows were in fact engaged in a struggle with clinically identifiable manic-depressive illness.
Jamison presents proof of the biological foundations of this disease and applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of some of the world's greatest artists including Lord Byron, Vincent Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-353) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1. That Fine Madness (p. 1)
- Introduction
- 2. Endless Night, Fierce Fires And Shramming Cold (p. 11)
- Manic-Depressive Illness
- 3. Could It be Madness--This? (p. 49)
- Controversy and Evidence
- 4. Their Life A Storm Whereon They Ride (p. 101)
- Temperament and Imagination
- 5. The Mind's Canker In Its Savage Mood (p. 149)
- George Gordon, Lord Byron
- 6. Genealogies of These High Mortal Miseries (p. 191)
- The Inheritance of Manic-Depressive Illness
- 7. This Net Throwne Upon The Heavens (p. 239)
- Medicine and the Arts
- Appendixes
- A. Diagnostic Criteria for the Major Mood Disorders (p. 261)
- B. Writers, Artists, and Composers with Probable Cyclothymia, Major Depression, or Manic-Depressive Illness (p. 267)
- Notes (p. 271)
- Acknowledgments (p. 355)
- Index (p. 359)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison was born on June 22, 1946. She received a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is considered one of the foremost experts on bipolar disorder, which she has had since her early adulthood. She is Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a Honorary Professor of English at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She is the author of numerous books including An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness; Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide; and Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament.(Bowker Author Biography)