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- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of Pages: 304
- ISBN: 0195336410
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112146930
- Release Date: November 14, 2008
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- #1921 in Poetry (See Top 100 Poetry Bestsellers)
- #229 in English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh (See Top 100 English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Bauer (Author)Run a Quick Search on "A Mind Apart: Poems of Melancholy, Madness, and Addiction" by Bauer to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "A Mind Apart: Poems of Melancholy, Madness, and Addiction"Browse more products related to "Bauer"Publisher's note"Much madness is divinest sense," wrote Emily Dickinson, "And much sense the starkest madness." The idea that poetry and madness are deeply intertwined, and that madness sometimes leads to the most divine poetry, has been with us since antiquity. In his critical and clinical introduction to this splendid anthology--the first of its kind--psychiatrist and poet Mark S. Bauer considers mental disorders from multiple perspectives and challenges us to broaden our outlook. He has selected more than 200 poems from across seven centuries that reflect a wide range mental states--from despondency and despair to melancholy, mania, and complete submersion into a world of heightened, original perception. Featuring such poets as George Herbert, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Berryman, Sylvia Plath, Ann Sexton, Weldon Kees, Lucille Clifton, Jane Kenyon, and many others, A Mind Apart has much to offer those who suffer from mental illness, those who work to understand it, and all those who value the poetry that has come to us from the heights and depths of human experience. Annotation"Much madness is divinest sense," wrote Emily Dickinson, "And much sense the starkest madness." The idea that poetry and madness are deeply intertwined, and that madness sometimes leads to the most divine poetry, has been with us since antiquity. In his critical and clinical introduction to this splendid anthology--the first of its kind--psychiatrist and poet Mark S. Bauer considers mental disorders from multiple perspectives and challenges us to broaden our outlook. He has selected more than 200 poems from across seven centuries that reflect a wide range mental states--from despondency and despair to melancholy, mania, and complete submersion into a world of heightened, original perception. Featuring such poets as George Herbert, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Berryman, Sylvia Plath, Ann Sexton, Weldon Kees, Lucille Clifton, Jane Kenyon, and many others, A Mind Apart has much to offer those who suffer from mental illness, those who work to understand it, and all those who value the poetry that has come to us from the heights and depths of human experience. If You Enjoy "A Mind Apart: Poems of Melancholy, Madness, and Addiction (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:
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