Mad muse : the mental illness memoir in a writer's life and work /
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 i...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Licensed eBooks |
| Kieli: | englanti |
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Bingley :
Emerald Publishing,
2019.
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| Painos: | First edition. |
| Linkit: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2030491 |
Sisällysluettelo:
- Introduction: Out of the Closet to Bear Witness Chapter 1. "The Landscape of Depression"; William Styron and Darkness Visible Chapter 2. "My Proclaimed Sanity and My Conjectured Madness"; Kate Millett and The Loony-Bin Trip Chapter 3. "A Strange and Driving Force, a Destroyer, a Fire in the Blood"; Kay Redfield Jamison and An Unquiet Mind Chapter 4. "For Better or Worse You Inherit Me"; Linda Gray Sexton and Searching for Mercy Street and Half in Love Chapter 5. "Truth Is Bendable"; Lauren Slater and Lying Chapter 6. "I Cannot Separate Her Homophobia from My Own"; Andrew Solomon and The Noonday Demon Chapter 7. "Someone Acts Through My Brain"; Elyn R. Saks and The Center Cannot Hold Conclusion: The Challenges of Reading Mad Memoirs.