Research Catalog

Title

The genesis of artistic creativity : Asperger's syndrome and the arts / Michael Fitzgerald.

Author

Fitzgerald, Michael, 1946-

Publication

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.

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Details

Description

254 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The Genesis of Artistic Creativity is a revealing exploration of the social behaviour, language, humour, and obsessive interests and routines of 21 famous writers, philosophers, musicians and painters including George Orwell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andy Warhol and many others, in light of the recognized criteria for diagnosis of high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome (AS)."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Creativity
• Autistic Disorder > psychology
• Famous Persons
• Asperger Syndrome > psychology
• Asperger's syndrome
• Autism
• Artists > Psychology
• Authors > Psychology
• Philosophers > Psychology
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > Psychological aspects
• Creative ability > Psychological aspects
• Genius and mental illness
• Art and mental illness
• Asperger Syndrome
• Autistic Disorder

Genre/Form

Case Reports

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-248) and indexes.

Contents

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) -- Herman Melville (1819-91) -- Lewis Carroll (1832-98) -- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) -- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) -- George Orwell (1903-50) -- Bruce Chatwin (1940-89) -- Spinoza (1632-77) -- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) -- Simone Weil (1909-43) -- A.J. Ayer (1910-89) -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) -- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) -- Erik Satie (1866-1925) -- Béla Bartók (1881-1945) -- Glenn Gould (1932-82) -- Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) -- Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) -- L.S. Lowry (1887-1976) -- Andy Warhol (1928-87).

ISBN

1843103346 (pbk.)

LCCN

• ^^2005001022
• 9781843103349

OCLC

• 57432296
• SCSB-12315273

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library