Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, facsimiles, genealogy;, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 350 g
Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, facsimiles, genealogy;, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 350 g
ISBN: 978-0-684-83183-1
Verlag: Free Press
Kay Jamison draws on her work as a psychiatrist and researcher in mood disorders to explore connections between manic-depressive illness and artistic activity. She applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of artists including Byron, Van Gogh, Schumann and Woolf.
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. Kay Jamison's 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 Byron, Van Gogh, Schumann and Woolf.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Behaviourismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
