LEADER 02619nam 2200493I 450 001 9910793604203321 005 20191015135049.0 010 $a1-78973-809-1 010 $a1-78973-807-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000009068803 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5853795 035 $a(UtOrBLW)9781789738070 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009068803 100 $a20191018d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMad muse $ethe mental illness memoir in a writer's life and work /$fJeffrey Berman 210 1$aBingley, England :$cEmerald Publishing,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (385 pages) 311 $a1-78973-810-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aMental 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. 606 $aAutobiography$xAuthorship 606 $aAuthors$xMental health 606 $aLiterature and mental illness 606 $aLiterary Criticism$xGeneral$2bisacsh 606 $aLiterature & literary studies$2bicssc 615 0$aAutobiography$xAuthorship. 615 0$aAuthors$xMental health. 615 0$aLiterature and mental illness. 615 7$aLiterary Criticism$xGeneral. 615 7$aLiterature & literary studies. 676 $a808.06692 700 $aBerman$b Jeffrey$0544955 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793604203321 996 $aMad muse$93803587 997 $aUNINA