Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of SyphilisBasic Books, 1. jan. 2003 - 379 sider Was Beethoven experiencing syphilitic euphoria when he composed "Ode to Joy"? Did van Gogh paint "Crows Over the Wheatfield" in a fit of diseased madness right before he shot himself? Was syphilis a stowaway on Columbus's return voyage to Europe? The answers to these provocative questions are likely "yes," claims Deborah Hayden in this riveting investigation of the effects of the "Pox" on the lives and works of world figures from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries. Writing with remarkable insight and narrative flair, Hayden argues that biographers and historians have vastly underestimated the influence of what Thomas Mann called "this exhilarating yet wasting disease." Shrouded in secrecy, syphilis was accompanied by wild euphoria and suicidal depression, megalomania and paranoia, profoundly affecting sufferers' worldview, their sexual behavior and personality, and, of course, their art. Deeply informed and courageously argued, Pox has already been heralded as a major contribution to our understanding of genius, madness, and creativity. |
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From Poisonous Cures to Wonder Drug Almost | 43 |
7 | 60 |
Ludwig van Beethoven 17701827 | 71 |
9 | 89 |
Robert Schumann 18101856 | 97 |
Charles Baudelaire 18211867 | 112 |
Mary Todd 18181882 | 120 |
Gustave Flaubert 18211880 | 133 |
Friedrich Nietzsche 18441900 | 172 |
Oscar Wilde 18541900 | 200 |
Karen Blixen Isak Dinesen 18851962 | 229 |
Adolf Hitler 18891945 | 251 |
The Myth of Syphilis | 305 |
Ten Clues to Secret Syphilis | 319 |
Bibliography | 353 |
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