Through a series of case studies, the author explores the paradoxical relationship between creativity and self-destruction. Creativity and suicide, he argues, are both avenues to the resolution of personal catastrophes, with the door to suicide becoming unlocked when creativity's restitutive powers fail.
Through a series of case studies, the author explores the paradoxical relationship between creativity and self-destruction. Creativity and suicide, he argues, are both avenues to the resolution of personal catastrophes, with the door to suicide becoming unlocked when creativity's restitutive powers fail.
M. F. Alvarez is postdoctoral diversity and innovation scholar in the Department of Communication at the University of New Hampshire.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: 'You Will Rescue Objects from Oblivion': The Case of Iris Chang Chapter 2: 'Haunted by the Vivid Memories of Killings': The Case of Kevin Carter Interlude I: Is Creativity Intrinsically Healing? Chapter 3: 'Give Me One Good Reason to Stay': The Case of Phyllis Hyman Chapter 4: 'A Dry Place to Call Their Home': The Case of Kurt Cobain Chapter 5: Individuation through Poetry and Death: The Case of Sylvia Plath Interlude II: Creativity and Temporality Chapter 6: 'The Soul We Have Loved, the Soul that Has Left Us': The Case of Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan Chapter 7: A Lifelong Project of Resurrection: The Case of Alan Turing Interlude III: Suicide as Authentication of the Self Chapter 8: Existence through Annihilation: The Case of Yukio Mishima Chapter 9: 'Beauty Is a Dissident Force': The Case of Reinaldo Arenas Chapter 10: The Drama of the Disintegrating Self: The Case of Robin Williams Interlude IV: The Medicalization of Life and Death Conclusion References
Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: 'You Will Rescue Objects from Oblivion': The Case of Iris Chang Chapter 2: 'Haunted by the Vivid Memories of Killings': The Case of Kevin Carter Interlude I: Is Creativity Intrinsically Healing? Chapter 3: 'Give Me One Good Reason to Stay': The Case of Phyllis Hyman Chapter 4: 'A Dry Place to Call Their Home': The Case of Kurt Cobain Chapter 5: Individuation through Poetry and Death: The Case of Sylvia Plath Interlude II: Creativity and Temporality Chapter 6: 'The Soul We Have Loved, the Soul that Has Left Us': The Case of Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan Chapter 7: A Lifelong Project of Resurrection: The Case of Alan Turing Interlude III: Suicide as Authentication of the Self Chapter 8: Existence through Annihilation: The Case of Yukio Mishima Chapter 9: 'Beauty Is a Dissident Force': The Case of Reinaldo Arenas Chapter 10: The Drama of the Disintegrating Self: The Case of Robin Williams Interlude IV: The Medicalization of Life and Death Conclusion References
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