Solitude A Return to the Self by Storr, Anthony - 1988

NY: Free Press, 1988. 1st American Edition . Paperback. Very Good. Clean tight edition, minor edge wear. Clean tight text, spine has no creases, Anthony Storr's enlightening meditation on the creative individual's need for solitude has become a classic. "Solitude" was seminal in challenging the established belief that "interpersonal relationships of an intimate kind are the chief, if not the only, source of human happiness." Indeed, most self-help literature still places relationships at the center of human existence. Lucid and lyrical, Storr's book cites numerous examples of brilliant scholars and artists -- from Beethoven and Kant to Anne Sexton and Beatrix Potter -- to demonstrate that solitude ranks alongside relationships in its impact on an individual's well-being and productivity, as well as on society's progress and health. 9.20 X 6.10 X 0.70 inches, 240 pages