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

• Main Author: Berman, Jeffrey (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Subjects: Autobiography > Authorship.; Authors > Mental health.; Literature and mental illness.; Literary Criticism > General.; Literature & literary studies.

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...