Genius and the Mind: Studies of Creativity and Temperament

Taking As Examples The Lives Of Creative Individuals Through History, This Text Considers The Nature Of Creativity And Genius From A Psychological Standpoint. Eleven Chapters Span The Range Of Approaches Used To Understand The Subject. Exceptional Creativity And The Psychological Sciences / Andrew Steptoe -- The Genetics Of Genius / David T. Lykken -- Creativity And Genius : A Systems Perspective / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Historical Developments Of Expert Performance : Public Performance Of Music / Andreas C. Lehmann And K. Anders Ericsson -- Early Lives : Prodigies And Non-prodigies / Michael J. A. Howe -- Mathematical Giftedness And Mathematical Genius : A Comparison Of G. H. Hardy And Srinivasa Ramanujan / Robert S. Albert -- (cont.) Mozart : Resilience Under Stress / Andrew Steptoe -- The Creative Genius Of William Shakespeare : Historiometric Analyses Of His Plays And Sonnets / Dean Keith Simonton, Kathleen A. Taylor, And Vincent J. Cassandro -- Lord Byron : The Apostle Of Affliction / Kay Redfield Jamison -- Creativity And Madness : Clues From Modern Psychiatric Diagnoses / Gordon Claridge -- Artistic Temperament In The Italian Renaissance : A Study Of Giorgio Vasari's Lives / Andrew Steptoe. Edited By Andrew Steptoe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.