TY  - GEN
T1  - Mad muse : the mental illness memoir in a writer's life and work
A1  - Berman, Jeffrey
LA  - English
PP  - Bingley
PB  - Emerald Publishing
YR  - 2019
ED  - First edition.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1117339724
AB  - Mental illness can often be the driving force behind creativity. This relationship is never more apparent than in the memoirs of writers who have lived, worked and created with a mental illness. Mad Muse examines and unpicks this fascinating relationship, demonstrating that mental illness is often intergenerational while the story of mental illness is intertextual. The study begins with William Styron's iconic memoir Darkness Visible, moving through a succession of mental illness memoirs from some of the most important authors in the genre, including Kate Millett, Kay Redfield Jamison, Linda Sexton, Lauren Slater, Andrew Solomon and Elyn Saks. From memoirs that blur the boundaries between historical truth and narrative truth to a first-person account of schizophrenia, Berman discusses the challenges of reading books which inspire hope and courage in many readers but may also sometimes have unintended consequences. In so doing, it illuminates the complex, co-existing relationship between the arts and mental health and represents an invaluable contribution to the study of health humanities.
CN  - CT25
SN  - 9781789738070
SN  - 1789738075
SN  - 9781789738094
SN  - 1789738091
SN  - 1789738105
SN  - 9781789738100
KW  - Autobiography : Authorship.
KW  - Authors : Mental health.
KW  - Literature and mental illness.
KW  - Mentally ill women.
KW  - Psychiatry in Literature
KW  - Persons with Psychiatric Disorders.
KW  - Écrivains : Santé mentale.
KW  - Littérature et maladies mentales.
KW  - Femmes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale.
KW  - mentally ill.
KW  - Literature & literary studies.
KW  - Literary Criticism : General.
KW  - Authors : Mental health
KW  - Autobiography : Authorship
KW  - Literature and mental illness
ER  -