The Art of Hypochondria: Feb 9

An Evening with Cabinet: "The Art of Hypochondria,"
with D. Graham Burnett, Brian Dillon, and Marina van Zuylen
Tuesday, February 9, 7pm
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street
FREE

Hypochondria is an ancient name for a malady that is always fretfully new: the fear of disease and the experience of one's body as alien and unpredictable. In his new book "The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives" (Faber & Faber), Brian Dillon, Cabinet’s UK editor, explores the lives of nine eminent malingerers — including Darwin, Proust, and Warhol — and the fear of illness that drove them to withdraw from the world. Science historian D. Graham Burnett (Princeton University) and literary historian Marina van Zuylen (Bard College) will join Dillon in a discussion of this most elusive of conditions. The evening will end with a Q&A with the audience.

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/events/eventspacemain.php