Fierce Flames and the Golden Lotus: Case Studies on the Madness and Creativity Connection

Author

Reuben Jay Swindall, The University of Montana

Year of Award

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

Master of Arts (MA)

Degree Name

History

Department or School/College

Department of History

Committee Chair

Richard Drake

Commitee Members

Robert H. Greene, Marton Marko

Keywords

Creativity, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gustave Flaubert, Hector Berlioz, Madness, modernism, post-modernism, Rainer Maria Rilke, Romanticism, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf

Abstract

A historical/biographical analysis of the connection between creativity and a variety of psychoses including: syphilis, epilepsy, schizophenia and manic-depression/bi-polar disorder. The figures examined are Gustave Flaubert, Hector Berlioz, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath.

Recommended Citation

Swindall, Reuben Jay, "Fierce Flames and the Golden Lotus: Case Studies on the Madness and Creativity Connection" (2010). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 445.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/445