The marriage of heaven and hell : manic depression and the life of Virginia Woolf /
The author, a psychiatrist, explains that Woolf's difficult childhood and youth, created the chemical and biological groundwork for her later mental illness. This forensic inquiry is possible only because Woolf, a faithful diarist, left "surely the fullest year-by-year record ever of the e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
1999.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | The author, a psychiatrist, explains that Woolf's difficult childhood and youth, created the chemical and biological groundwork for her later mental illness. This forensic inquiry is possible only because Woolf, a faithful diarist, left "surely the fullest year-by-year record ever of the effect of the disease on a creative life", adding some insight into Woolf's troubled genius. |
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| Item Description: | Accession #: 2020_0001 The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. Previously published as: Virginia Woolf. |
| Physical Description: | x, 225 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0312205597 9780312205591 |