By Richard M. Berlin
ISBN-10: 0801888395
ISBN-13: 9780801888397
Poets on Prozac shatters the concept that insanity fuels creativity through giving voice to modern poets who've battled myriad psychiatric problems, together with melancholy, schizophrenia, post-traumatic pressure disease, and substance abuse.
The 16 essays accumulated the following handle many provocative questions: Does emotional misery motivate nice paintings? Is artistry stronger or reduced by way of psychological sickness? What impression does substance abuse have on esthetic imaginative and prescient? Do psychoactive medicinal drugs impinge on ingenuity? Can remedy increase inherent skills, or does relieving emotional ache close off the inventive process?
Featuring examples of every contributor’s poetry earlier than, in the course of, and after remedy, this unique and considerate assortment eventually places to relaxation the concept that a tortured soul is one’s best muse.
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