Basically I would like to try to illustrate a short story, but my knowledge of literature is leting me down. Are there any famous short stories which deal with the subject of mental illness/insanity. Thankyou in advance for your time.
2006-07-24 23:20:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yellow Wallpaper...Charlotte Perkins Gilman
http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=GilYell.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1
Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville
http://www.bartleby.com/129/
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1457917
2006-07-25 04:32:09 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Yellow Wall-paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
2006-07-25 01:26:00 · answer #2 · answered by Whedonist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Madonna. Or Striesand. They both admit to some psychiatric novelties the rest of us can't understand.
And they both have average faces, but had good bodies. (Yeah, even Striesand, believe it or not.)
Twin studies are interesting in that schiophrenia seems to have a higher incidence in identical twins. It also makes for some interesting dates and girlfriends. Ya' never know who you're really with.
But if you REALLY want information on mental illness and insanity, ask any man who's been married for more than 5 years to the same woman. There's some definite craziness going on there.
2006-07-24 23:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want a study of mental illness in a writer read the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake. Excellent writing, but you can see the cracks forming. Sad for such a good author.
2006-07-24 23:39:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about "Girl, Interrupted" by Susanna Kaysen
Or "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Would love to see your illustrations
2006-07-25 02:40:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practically everything written by Edgar Alan Poe
would help you. Also look for stories by Ambrose Bierce.
Then, of course, there's Rod Serling, whose "Twilight Zone" is now in about its third reincarnation.
2006-07-24 23:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by DinDjinn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tale tell heart by poe is great, its just a short story but worth reading I think you would like it, take a look.
2006-07-25 03:12:23 · answer #7 · answered by snapestress 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Awakening" are both novellas, really, but they are not too long and both very interesting, maybe they would be good!
2006-07-25 04:49:59 · answer #8 · answered by cay_damay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Raven by Poe.
2006-07-24 23:24:06 · answer #9 · answered by nik named mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋