Kay R. Jamison

Thomas A. Traill

"In his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry, Robert Lowell (1917-1977) put his manic-depressive illness into the public domain. Now Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison brings her expertise to bear on his story, illuminating the relationship between bipolar illness and creativity, and examining how Lowell's illness and the treatment he received came to bear on his work"--

A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character

Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

Toccato dal fuoco

Explores the role of exuberance in humankind's most important creative and scientific accomplishments, discussing the nature of joy and its relationship to intellectual curiosity, creativity, risk-taking, and survival.

The Passion for Life

Exuberance

Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry Kay Redfield Jamison, PH.D.

A study of the growing epidemic of suicide among young people draws on the author's firsthand battle with severe manic-depression and attempted suicide to reveal the psychological, medical, and biological aspects of self-inflicted death

Kay R. Jamison

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