Pox - by Deborah Hayden (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"How a transmittable little bacterium with a twisting propellant tail...deeply affected...mankind's perception of itself."Anthony Day, Los Angeles Times<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Riveting.... "Pox will be of interest to anyone who loves a good mystery story."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Deborah Hayden</b>, an independent scholar and marketing executive, has lectured on syphilis and creativity, most recently at UCSF Medical School, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Bay Area History of Medicine Society. She lives in Mill Valley, California.
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