02619nam 2200493I 450 991081394100332120191015135049.01-78973-809-11-78973-807-5(CKB)4100000009068803(MiAaPQ)EBC5853795(UtOrBLW)9781789738070(EXLCZ)99410000000906880320191018d2019 uy 0engurun|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMad muse the mental illness memoir in a writer's life and work /Jeffrey BermanBingley, England :Emerald Publishing,[2019]©20191 online resource (385 pages)1-78973-810-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. AutobiographyAuthorshipAuthorsMental healthLiterature and mental illnessLiterary CriticismGeneralbisacshLiterature & literary studiesbicsscAutobiographyAuthorship.AuthorsMental health.Literature and mental illness.Literary CriticismGeneral.Literature & literary studies.808.06692Berman Jeffrey544955UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910813941003321Mad muse4096597UNINA