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Touched with Fire: Manic-depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament (Paperback)
Short Description for Touched with FireKay 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.
Full description- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Published: 02 December 1996
- Format: Paperback 384 pages
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- Categories: Art Theory | Literary Theory | Psychology | Behavioural Theory (Behaviourism) | Health Systems & Services | Clinical Psychology | Coping With Personal Problems | Popular Psychology
- ISBN 13: 9780684831831 ISBN 10: 068483183X
- Sales rank: 21,608
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Full description for Touched with Fire
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.
