The Resource Robert Lowell : setting the river on fire : a study of genius, mania, and character, Kay Redfield Jamison
Robert Lowell : setting the river on fire : a study of genius, mania, and character, Kay Redfield Jamison
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- Summary
- "The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character. Jamison delivers a bold, sympathetic account of a poet who was--both despite and because of mental illness--a passionate, original observer of the human condition"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 532 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue: Old Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 19, 1845 ; "The trouble with writing poetry"
- I. Introduction: Steel and fire
- No tickets for that altitude
- The archangel loved heights
- II. Origins: The puritanical iron hand of constraint
- Sands of the unknown
- This dynamited brook
- A brackish reach
- III. Illness: The kingdom of the mad
- In flight, without a ledge
- Snow-sugared, unraveling
- Writing takes the ache away
- IV. Character: How will the heart endure?
- With all my love, Cal
- And will not scare
- V. Illness and art: Something altogether lived
- A magical orange grove in a nightmare
- Words meat-hooked from the living steer
- VI. Mortality: Come; I bell thee home
- Life blown towards evening
- Bleak-boned with survival
- He is out of bounds now
- Appendix I: Psychiatric records of Robert Lowell
- Appendix II: Mania and depression: clinical description, diagnosis and nomenclature
- Appendix III: Medical history of Robert Lowell (by Thomas Traill, FRCP)
- Isbn
- 9780307700278
- Label
- Robert Lowell : setting the river on fire : a study of genius, mania, and character
- Title
- Robert Lowell
- Title remainder
- setting the river on fire : a study of genius, mania, and character
- Statement of responsibility
- Kay Redfield Jamison
- Subject
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- trueGenius and mental illness
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Poets
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues | Mental illness
- trueLowell, Robert, 1917-1977
- Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 -- Mental health
- trueMania
- trueMen with bipolar disorder
- truePoetry -- History and criticism
- truePoets, American -- 20th century
- truePoets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Mental Health
- Manic-depressive persons -- United States -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- trueBipolar disorder
- Creative ability
- trueCreativity
- trueDepression
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character. Jamison delivers a bold, sympathetic account of a poet who was--both despite and because of mental illness--a passionate, original observer of the human condition"--
- Summary
- Presents an account of the life of the major American poet while sharing psychological insights into the relationship between bipolar illness and creative genius
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2018.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
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- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10550918
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jamison, Kay R
- Dewey number
- 616.89/50092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC537
- LC item number
- .J356 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Traill, Thomas A.
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lowell, Robert
- Manic-depressive persons
- Poets, American
- Genius and mental illness
- Creative ability
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a study of genius, mania, and character
- Label
- Robert Lowell : setting the river on fire : a study of genius, mania, and character, Kay Redfield Jamison
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-510) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Old Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 19, 1845 ; "The trouble with writing poetry" -- I. Introduction: Steel and fire -- No tickets for that altitude -- The archangel loved heights -- II. Origins: The puritanical iron hand of constraint -- Sands of the unknown -- This dynamited brook -- A brackish reach -- III. Illness: The kingdom of the mad -- In flight, without a ledge -- Snow-sugared, unraveling -- Writing takes the ache away -- IV. Character: How will the heart endure? -- With all my love, Cal -- And will not scare -- V. Illness and art: Something altogether lived -- A magical orange grove in a nightmare -- Words meat-hooked from the living steer -- VI. Mortality: Come; I bell thee home -- Life blown towards evening -- Bleak-boned with survival -- He is out of bounds now -- Appendix I: Psychiatric records of Robert Lowell -- Appendix II: Mania and depression: clinical description, diagnosis and nomenclature -- Appendix III: Medical history of Robert Lowell (by Thomas Traill, FRCP)
- Control code
- 20859663
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 532 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307700278
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016028281
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn961388164
- .b33138709
- (OCoLC)961388164
- Label
- Robert Lowell : setting the river on fire : a study of genius, mania, and character, Kay Redfield Jamison
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-510) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Old Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 19, 1845 ; "The trouble with writing poetry" -- I. Introduction: Steel and fire -- No tickets for that altitude -- The archangel loved heights -- II. Origins: The puritanical iron hand of constraint -- Sands of the unknown -- This dynamited brook -- A brackish reach -- III. Illness: The kingdom of the mad -- In flight, without a ledge -- Snow-sugared, unraveling -- Writing takes the ache away -- IV. Character: How will the heart endure? -- With all my love, Cal -- And will not scare -- V. Illness and art: Something altogether lived -- A magical orange grove in a nightmare -- Words meat-hooked from the living steer -- VI. Mortality: Come; I bell thee home -- Life blown towards evening -- Bleak-boned with survival -- He is out of bounds now -- Appendix I: Psychiatric records of Robert Lowell -- Appendix II: Mania and depression: clinical description, diagnosis and nomenclature -- Appendix III: Medical history of Robert Lowell (by Thomas Traill, FRCP)
- Control code
- 20859663
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 532 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307700278
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016028281
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn961388164
- .b33138709
- (OCoLC)961388164
Subject
- trueGenius and mental illness
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Poets
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues | Mental illness
- trueLowell, Robert, 1917-1977
- Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 -- Mental health
- trueMania
- trueMen with bipolar disorder
- truePoetry -- History and criticism
- truePoets, American -- 20th century
- truePoets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Mental Health
- Manic-depressive persons -- United States -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- trueBipolar disorder
- Creative ability
- trueCreativity
- trueDepression
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