The Genesis of Artistic Creativity

Asperger's Syndrome and the Arts

Michael Fitzgerald

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2005, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-334-9, BIC 2: JM

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Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I. Asperger's Syndrome and Writers. 1. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). 2. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75). 3. Herman Melville (1819-91). 4. Lewis Carroll (1832-98). 5. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). 6. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). 7. George Orwell (1903-50). 8. Bruce Chatwin (1940-89). Part II. Asperger's Syndrome and Philosophers. 9 . Spinoza (1632-77). 10. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). 11. Simone Weil (1909-43). 12. A.J. Ayer (1910-89). Part III. Asperger's Syndrome and Musicians.13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91). 14. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). 15. Erik Satie (1866-1925). 16. Béla Bártok (1881-1945). 17. Glenn Gould (1932-82). Part IV. Asperger's Syndrome and Painters. 18. Vincent van Gogh (1853-90). 19. Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957). 20. L.S. Lowry (1887-1976). 21. Andy Warhol (1928-87). Conclusion. References. Index.

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Author information

• Michael Fitzgerald

Subject areas

• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes

Keywords

• Asperger syndrome,
• creativity,
• psychology