
Sounds of the Bell Jar
Ten Psychotic Authors
ISHK (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 22. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
274 pages
978-1-883536-15-2 (ISBN)
Description
This groundbreaking work is a unique collaboration between an Oxford University psychologist and two literary critics. It explores the lives and works of 10 authors - among them Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath - who embody both serious mental illness and great originality of thought. The book draws upon personal diaries, historical archives, clinical records and literary productions, and examines modes of thinking - such as divergent thought, over-inclusiveness and autism - that psychosis and creativity might have in common. Using genetics, experimental abnormal and clinical psychology, personality research, descriptive psychiatry and literary analysis, Claridge, Pryor and Watkins present the revolutionary idea that normality and psychosis are continuous with each other. Healthy varieties and styles of thought and perception substantially overlap with the inclination toward psychotic breakdown and, indeed, might at times be identical. Psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, therapists and general readers will gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between madness and creativity from this book.
More details
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
349 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-883536-15-2 (9781883536152)
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Persons
Gordon Sidney Claridge was a British psychologist and author, best known for his theoretical and empirical work on the concept of schizotypy, or psychosis-proneness.