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Diagnosing Literary Genius : A Cultural History of Psychiatry in Russia, 1880-1930.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Medicine and Culture SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (284 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801876899
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Diagnosing Literary GeniusDDC classification:
  • 616.89/00947
LOC classification:
  • RC450.R8 S57 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- On Transliteration and Spelling -- Introduction -- ONE Gogol, Moralists, and Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry -- TWO Dostoevsky -- THREE Tolstoy and the Beginning of Psychotherapy in Russia -- FOUR Decadents, Revolutionaries, and the Nation's Mental Health -- FIVE The Institute of Genius -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: By examining the psychiatric engagement with the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy, and the decadents and revolutionaries, Sirotkina provides a rich account of Russia's medical and literary history during this turbulent revolutionary period.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- On Transliteration and Spelling -- Introduction -- ONE Gogol, Moralists, and Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry -- TWO Dostoevsky -- THREE Tolstoy and the Beginning of Psychotherapy in Russia -- FOUR Decadents, Revolutionaries, and the Nation's Mental Health -- FIVE The Institute of Genius -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

By examining the psychiatric engagement with the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy, and the decadents and revolutionaries, Sirotkina provides a rich account of Russia's medical and literary history during this turbulent revolutionary period.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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