Creativity & Madness Reading List
| Panter, Barry | Creativity & Madness—Psychological Studies of Art and Artists. Ed. B. Panter, M.D and B. Virshup, M.D. (1995, 3rd printing 2006) Creativity & Madness—Psychological Studies of Art and Artists, Volume 2, Ed. B. Panter, M.D. (2009) Thirty Three Poems for Marylou. 2002 |
| Arieti, S. (1976) | Creativity: The Magic Synthesis. New York: Basic Books |
| Einstein, Alfred (1945) | Mozart: His Character, His Work. Oxford University Press, New York. |
| Freud, Sigmund | Creative Writers (Poets) and Daydreaming S.E. 9 Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood. S.E. 11 The Moses of Michaelangelo. S.E. 13 Dostoyevsky and Parricide. S.E. 21 |
| Gedo, J. | Portraits of the Artist. New York: Guilford. 1983 |
| Greenacre, P. | The Childhood Artist. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. 12:47-72 (1957)
The Family Romance of the Artist. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. 12:4772 (1958) Play in Relation to Creative Imagination (1959) and Women as Artists, in Emotional Growth: Psychoanalytic Studies of the Gifted |
| Jamison, Kay | Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament Touched by Fire |
| Jung, C.G. | On the Relation of Analytic Psychology to Poetry. Vol.15 (1931)
Psychology and Literature C.W. 15 (1950) |
| Holmes, Keith | Count it Pure Joy and Riding Balsam’s Donkey |
| Kavaler-Adler, Susan | Mourning, Spirituality & Psychic Change: Object Relations View of Psychoanalysis
The Compulsion to Create: Women Writers and Their Demon Lovers, (2000) New York, NY The Creative Mystique: From Red Shoes Frenzy to Love and Creativity, (1996) New York, NY. The Compulsion to Create: A Psychoanalytic Study of Women Artists, (1993) New York, NY. |
| Kohut, H. | Observations on the Psychological Functions of Music J American Psychiatric Assn. (1957)
The Enjoyment of Listening to Music Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 19 64-87, (1950). |
| Mehl-Madrona, Lewis Newton, Peter. Newton, Peter.(with Lohser) |
Coyote Medicine: Lessons from Native American Healing
Newton, Peter. Freud: From Youthful Dream to Mid-Life Crisis, Guilford Press, 1995.
Newton, Peter (with Lohser), Unorthodox Freud: The View from the Couch, Guilford Press, 1996.
Coyote Wisdom: Healing Power in Native American Stories Freud: From Youthful Dream to Mid-Life Crisis, Guilford Press, 1995. Unorthodox Freud: The View from the Couch, Guilford Press, 1996. |
| Rountree, Cathleen | The Movie Lovers’ Club: The Ultimate Guide for Watching Films with Friends
The Heart of Marriage: Discovering the Secrets of Enduring Love Coming into Our Fullness: On Women Turning Forty On Women Turning 50: Celebrating Mid-Life Discoveries The Writer’s Mentor: A Guide to Putting Passion on Paper |
| Rothenberg, Albert. | The Emerging Goddess. Chicago, 1979.
The Creativity Question. Creativity and Madness |
| Schaffer, P. | Amadeus. New York: New American Library, 1984. The Play |
| Shlain, Leonard (1991) | Art and Physics—Parallel Visions in Space, Time and Light
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess : The Conflict Between Word and Image Sex, Time, and Power : How Women’s Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution |
| Solomon, Maynard | Mozart—A Life
Beethoven |
| Storr, A. | The Dynamics of Creation. Athenium, 1972. |
| Evelyn Summers | The Tyranny of Niceness: Unmasking the Need for Approval |
| The Teaching Company | All of the following lectures are by Robert Greenberg Ph.D.
The Operas of Mozart |
| Winnicott, D. W. | Transitional Objects & Transitional Phenomena. Collected Papers. NY Basic Bks 1958
Creativity and Its Origins. In Playing and Reality. Travistock ‘71 |
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