The School of Genius

by Anthony Storr

Excellent Book

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Anthony Storr was an English psychiatrist and author. He was a child who was to endure the typical trauma of early 20th century UK boarding schools. He was educated at Winchester, Christ's College, the University of Cambridge and Westminster Hospital. He qualified as a doctor in 1944, and subsequently specialized in psychiatry.

Storr grew up to be kind and insightful, yet, as his obituary states, he was "no stranger to suffering" and was himself allegedly prone to the frequent bouts of depression his mother had.

Today, Anthony Storr is known for his psychoanalytical portraits of historical figures.

Reviews

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Much needed counterpoint to the ridiculous idea that solitude is the recourse only of psychopaths and misanthropes. Storr shows - quite convincingly, in my opinion - that the capacity and drive to be alone has been a common denominator among the more creative humans across the years. A strong rebuttal of Freud and a sanguine defence of those who are happy, on occasion, to keep their own company.