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Churchillâ€™s Black Dog

By (author) Anthony Storr

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â€˜Extremely engagingâ€¦ A book full of good moments and humane insights.â€™ Alan Ryan, Observer This book collects the essays of one of Englandâ€™s best-known and most distinguished psychiatrists. Its theme is creativity. What internal dynamic forces artists, scientists and politicians to devote so much time and energy to creative invention? Anthony Storr weighs and tests Freudâ€™s theory that creativity is the result of dissatisfaction by examining the impulses which drove such figures as Churchill, Kafka and Newton. Whether he is exploring the â€˜divine discontentâ€™ that motivates creativity, analysing Jungâ€™s mid-life crisis, assessing the psychology of jealousy in Othello or denouncing the abuses of psychiatry, Storr brings wisdom, erudition and compassion to all his subjects in this highly readable and human collection, which is accessible to those who know nothing about psychoanalysis as well as to those who know a great deal.