Disaffected poet, perhaps subject to "the effect of Sylvia Plath"

Sylvia Plath was a sign of the American poet, has not received much recognition during his lifetime, and prone to depression and melancholy. It has become a cult figure after his suicide only because of the break-up with her husband at the age of 36 years, when the media and society finally paid attention to her work. Subsequently, the name of Sylvia Plath has become synonymous with the controversial psychological concept.

In 2011, James Kaufman conducted two studies. In the first, he analyzed the 1629 writers' biographies and found that female poet suffering from mental illness often women novelists or poets and writers male. In the second study, he analyzed the women from a variety of occupations, most of which are recognized as creative, and discovered that the poet susceptible to mental illness most. The result of these investigations and received the name "Sylvia Plath effect».

This does not mean that the ability and the desire to write poetry reduce human mind. Kaufman argues that creative professions, on the other hand, most useful for the treatment of the psyche as unbalanced people are unlikely to be successful in business or medicine, but it is able to express themselves in art. Poetry - one of the most beautiful ways to express their feelings, so it is possible that he is mentally unstable individuals fits perfectly.

via factroom.ru