The Bipolar Express: Manic Depression and the Movies

by Dave Coleman

Book Overview

In the past few decades, awareness of bipolar disorder has significantly increased, but understanding of the condition remains vague for most of the general public. Though the term itself is relatively recent, the condition has affected individuals for centuries-and no more profoundly than in the arts. The historical connections among manic depression and such fields as literature, music, and painting have been previously documented. However, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081089193X
• ISBN13: 9780810891937
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"