Mad muse : the mental illness memoir in a writer's life and work

• Main Author: Berman, Jeffrey (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Subjects: Autobiography > Authorship.; Authors > Mental health.; Literature and mental illness.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781789738070; 9781789738094
• DOI: 10.1108/9781789738070
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 374 pages) ; cm

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...