Sounds From the Bell Jar: Ten Psychotic Authors

by Ruth Pryor, Gordon Claridge, Gwen Watkins

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883536154
• ISBN13: 9781883536152
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Malor Books
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"