商品簡介
A fascinating look at the personal and creative lives of four major talents tormented by manic-depression (Dickens, Newton, Beethoven, and Van Gogh), probing the stereotype of the mad genius and the role depression has often played in turning talent into genius. Explains how the disorder can be used as a positive factor in the creative artist's life, and suggests ways to alleviate the extreme highs and lows of the disorder. For general readers. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
作者簡介
Julian Lieb, M.D., a psychiatrist in private practice and former director of the Dana Psychiatric Clinic at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and artist and novelist D. Jablow Hershmann are the authors of A Brotherhood of Tyrants: Manic Depression and Absolute Power.
