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ISBN13: 9780618230655 |
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As a leading neurologist at a major research hospital, Flaherty writes from the frontlines of brain research. Her voice, driven and surprisingly original, has its roots in her own harrowing experience with hypergraphia, an aspect of postpartum bipolar mood disorder. Both qualifications lend power to Flaherty's riveting connection, among many others, between the biology of pain and the human drive to communicate. Her lifelong passion for literature underpins her argument for the importance of emotion in writing, the relationship between depression and writing, and the effects on the body of being visited by the Muse. Her understanding of the role of the brain's temporal lobes and limbic system in the drive to write will challenge the popular idea that creativity emerges from the right side of the brain. Finally, The Midnight Disease casts light on the methods and madness of writers past and present, from Dostoyevsky to Conrad to Sylvia Plath to Stephen King. It is a landmark contribution to our understanding of why we are wired — and some of us are truly compelled — to write.
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Megan Renehan, January 28, 2007 (view all comments by Megan Renehan)
The Midnight Disease is a fascinating look at the biological mechanics of writing. Though it is quite technical, it brings neuroscience down to an understandable level without losing any meaning. This book will cause any writer to take a second look at his/her habits and motivations, and it offers remarkable insights on why and how we write.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780618230655
- Subtitle:
- The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain
- Author:
- Author:
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- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Location:
- Boston
- Subject:
- Women
- Subject:
- Writing Skills
- Subject:
- Rhetoric
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- Authorship
- Subject:
- Neuropsychology
- Subject:
- Authors
- Subject:
- Creation
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- Creation (literary, artistic, etc.)
- Subject:
- Writer's block.
- Subject:
- Composition & Creative Writing - General
- Copyright:
- 2004
- Edition Description:
- HARDCOVER
- Series Volume:
- 62
- Publication Date:
- January 2004
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 307
- Dimensions:
- 828x580x103 105










