TOUCHED WITH FIRE by Kay Redfield Jamison ( 9780684831831 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

TOUCHED WITH FIRE

By:

Kay Redfield Jamison

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

068483183X

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9780684831831

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Publisher:

SIMON & SCHUSTER

Pub. date:

18 October, 1996

Pages:

384

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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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