Touched with fire
Kay R. Jamison • 1993 • Free Press Paperbacks
- Author
- Kay R. Jamison
- First published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Free Press Paperbacks
- Genres
- Art · Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780684831831
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Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament was published in 1993 by Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University. Written during a period when the scientific community was increasingly focused on the intersection of biology and creativity, the book serves as an exhaustive examination of historical figures, including Lord Byron, Robert Schumann, and Virginia Woolf, to explore the link between mood disorders and artistic genius.
The work is noted for its blending of rigorous clinical research with empathetic literary analysis, drawing heavily from Jamison's own experiences with bipolar disorder. Upon its release, it was widely praised for destigmatizing mental illness and providing a nuanced framework for understanding the high prevalence of affective disorders among poets, painters, and composers, ultimately becoming a foundational text in the study of psychology and the arts.
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