Divine Madness : Ten Stories of Creative Struggle

This work contains fascinating and dramatic stories of emotional turmoil among celebrity artists in literature, film, theatre, dance, music, and art.

In this fascinating exploration of the emotional origins of creativity, psychologist Jeffrey Kottler writes about the dramatic lives of artistic geniuses such as Virginia Woolf, Judy Garland, Ernest Hemingway, Marilyn Monroe, Brian Wilson, and Sylvia Plath, among others.

In each case, Kottler tells the story of the artist's life and analyzes how these exceptional men and women struggled to overcome emotional hardships, how their psychological problems affected their lives and work, and how they attempted to achieve some kind of personal stability.

Jeffrey Kottler, PhD (Las Vegas, NV) is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Counseling at California State University, Fullerton, and author or coauthor of 60 books, including the "New York Times" bestseller "The Last Victim" (0-446-60827-0).