Diagnosing genius : the life and death of Beethoven /
Diagnosing Genius analyses the psychology of creativity. Beethovens infirmities led to physical pain, isolation, and torturous relationships, but Mai shows that they also enhanced, perhaps even fed, his music.--BOOK JACKET
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Montreal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queens University Press,
c2007
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Table of Contents:
- 1 setting
- 2. Beethovens life
- 3. Beethovens health problems
- 4. interpretation
- 5. Illness and creativity
- App. 1. Glossary of medical terms
- App. 2. Beethovens medical history
- App. 3. Criteria for alcohol dependence and abuse
- App. 4. Dr. Andreas Wawruchs medical report.