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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dally, Peter (Peter John)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941 > Psychology. Woolf, Leonard, > 1880-1969 > Marriage. Literature and mental illness > Great Britain > History > 20th century. People with bipolar disorder > England > Biography. Fiction > Authorship > Psychological aspects. Authors, English > 20th century > Biography. Married people > England > Biography. Women authors > Psychology. Littérature et maladies mentales > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle. Bipolaires > Angleterre > Biographies. Roman > Art d'écrire > Aspect psychologique. Écrivains anglais > 20e siècle > Biographies. Couples mariés > Angleterre > Biographies. Écrivaines > Psychologie. Woolf, Leonard, > 1880-1969. Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941. Authors, English. Literature and mental illness. People with bipolar disorder. Marriage. Married people. Psychology. England. Great Britain. 1900-1999 Biography. Biographies. History.

Table of Contents:

1. Julia Stephen
2. Leslie Stephen
3. The Stephen marriage
4. Virginia's early life and temperament
5. Deaths, the first major breakdown, 1904
6. Vanessa's marriage, Virginia's instability
7. Gender and sexuality
8. Leonard Woolf and courtship
9. Marriage, the second major breakdown, 1913
10. Inner and outer worlds
11. Creativity
12. Vita Sackville-West
13. Threat of war
14. The years and Three guineas
15. War, depression and suicide
Appendix: Mania, madness and creativity
Family tree.