{"product_id":"touched-with-fire-manic-depressive-illness-and-the-artistic-temperament-9780684831831","title":"Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament","description":"The definitive work on the profound and surprising links between manic-depression and creativity, from the bestselling psychologist of bipolar disorders who wrote \u003ci\u003eAn Unquiet Mind\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the foremost psychologists in America, \"Kay Jamison is plainly among the few who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between art and madness\" (William Styron). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe anguished and volatile intensity associated with the artistic temperament was once thought to be a symptom of genius or eccentricity peculiar to artists, writers, and musicians. Her work, based on her study as a clinical psychologist and researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artists subject to exalted highs and despairing lows were in fact engaged in a struggle with clinically identifiable manic-depressive illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJamison presents proof of the biological foundations of this disease and applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of some of the world's greatest artists including Lord Byron, Vincent Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684831831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.52w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/25\/2008 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kay Redfield Jamison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639944081564,"sku":"9780684831831","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dbc6c09b-acbd-4758-b495-60acf8d7235e.jpg?v=1607546398","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/touched-with-fire-manic-depressive-illness-and-the-artistic-temperament-9780684831831","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}