An edition of The midnight disease (2004)

The midnight disease

the drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain

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An edition of The midnight disease (2004)

The midnight disease

the drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain

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"Alice Flaherty first explores the brain state called hypergraphia - the overwhelming desire to write - and then the science behind its antithesis, writer's block. The Midnight Disease charts exciting new territory in the relationship between the creative mind and the body. Flaherty argues for the importance of emotion in writing, illuminates the role that mood disorders play in the lives of many writers, and explores with profound insight the experience of being "visited by the muse." Her understanding of the role of the brain's temporal lobes and limbic system in the drive to write challenges the popular idea that creativity emerges solely from the right side of the brain. Finally, The Midnight Disease casts light on the brain functions and dysfunctions of writers past and present, from Dostoevsky to Conrad, from Sylvia Plath to Stephen King."--Jacket.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Pages
307

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Boston

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808/.001/9
Library of Congress
PN171.W74 F58 2004, PN171.W74F58 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
307 p. :
Number of pages
307

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3686982M
Internet Archive
midnightdiseased00flah
ISBN 10
0618230653
LCCN
2003051143
OCLC/WorldCat
52477458
Library Thing
250386
Goodreads
583765

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