Sirotkina, Irina. <br/><br/>
Diagnosing Literary Genius :  A Cultural History of Psychiatry in Russia, 1880-1930. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (284 pages) 
 - Medicine and Culture Series .
 - Medicine and Culture Series .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801876899 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Psychiatry-Russia-History-19th century.<br/>Psychiatry-Russia-History-20th century.<br/>Russian literature-19th century.<br/>Russian literature-20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC450.R8 S57 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.89/00947