Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Asperger's Syndrome and the Arts
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).
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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).
Pt. IAsperger's syndrome and writers271Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)292Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75)343Herman Melville (1819-91)504Lewis Carroll (1832-98)565William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)666Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)807George Orwell (1903-50)878Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989)97Pt. IIAsperger's syndrome and philosophers1099Spinoza (1632-77)11310Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)11911Simone Weil (1909-43)12612A. J. Ayer (1910-89)137Pt. IIIAsperger's syndrome and musicians14913Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)15314Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)15815Erik Satie (1866-1925)16816Bela Bartok (1881-1945)18117Glenn Gould (1932-82)192Pt. IVAsperger's syndrome and painters20318Vincent van Gogh (1853-90)20519Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957)21520L. S. Lowry (1887-1976)22121Andy Warhol (1928-87)231
