Touched with fire : manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Front Matter; Contents; 1 That Fine Madness; 2 Endless Night Fierce Fires and Shramming Cold; 3 Could It Be Madness-This; 4 Their Life A Storm Whereon They Ride; 5 The Mind's Canker in Its Savage Mood; 6 Genealogies of these High Mortal Miseries; 7 This Net Throwne Upon the Heavens; A. Diagnostic Criteria for the Major Mood Disorders; B. Writers Artists and Composers with Probable Cyclothymia Major Depression or Manic Depressive Illness; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author