1 The Nature of Madness and Creativity: Myths and Realities.

2 Sylvia Plath: Perfected in Death.

3 Judy Garland: Under the Rainbow.

4 Mark Rothko: Painted in Blood.

5 Ernest Hemingway: Living Up to His Legend.

6 Virginia Woolf: A Great Lake of Melancholy.

7 Charles Mingus:Musical Hallucinations.

8 Vaslav Nijinsky: A Method to His Madness.

9 Marilyn Monroe: Killed by Kindness.

10 Lenny Bruce: Sick and Dirty Comic.

11 Brian Wilson: Afraid of the Water.

12 Interpretations of Meaning in the Lives of Creative Geniuses.

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References and Further Reading.

About the Author.