| Description |
xii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Facsimile lockjaw -- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- A hallucinated mountain -- The "rough-smooth" dreams -- Seasonal affective disorder -- Mind and brain -- Mood imagery : Icarus -- Mood imagery : Daedalus -- Tuberculosis and depression -- The "cuttlefish" defense -- The "as-if" personality -- Other personality traits -- Battle of the mind -- The kalendar project -- Writing it out -- A monarch surveys |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking book is the first psychiatric investigation of Henry David Thoreau's self-declared "Insanity." Clear, well researched and insightful, it illuminates the mind and brain of this influential philosopher and provides an important diagnostic tool: the recognition of Icarian and Daedalian imagery as an aid in identifying masked affective disorders. |
| Subject |
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Psychology.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Psychology.
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Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
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Psychology and literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2004009222 |
| ISBN |
0974115827 |
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9780974115825 |
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