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The Paradox of Suicide and Creativity: Authentications of Human Existence

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About this book

If creativity is the highest expression of the life impulse, why do creative individuals who have made lasting contributions to the arts and sciences so often end their lives? M.F. Alvarez addresses this central paradox by exploring the inner lives and works of eleven creative visionaries who succumbed to suicide. Through a series of case studies, Alvarez shows that creativity and suicide are both attempts to authenticate and resolve personal catastrophes that have called into question the most basic conditions of human existence.

About the Author

M. F. Alvarez is postdoctoral diversity and innovation scholar in the Department of Communication at the University of New Hampshire.

Author M.F. Alvarez, George Atwood (Foreword by)
ISBN-13 9781498523837
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Date 11/12/2020
Page Count 204 pages

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