Diagnosing literary genius a cultural history of psychiatry in Russia, 1880-1930 / Irina Sirotkina.

Author/creator Sirotkina, Irina
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionix, 269 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Psychiatry--Russia. --History. --19th century.
Psychiatry--Russia. --History. --20th century.
Russian literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Russian literature--20th century. --History and criticism.

SeriesMedicine & culture
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction I -- 1 Gogol, Moralists, and Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry 14 -- 2 Dostoevsky: From Epilepsy to Progeneration 45 -- 3 Tolstoy and the Beginning of Psychotherapy in Russia 74 -- 4 Decadents, Revolutionaries, and the Nation's Mental Health 117 -- 5 The Institute of Genius: Psychiatry in the Early Soviet Years I45.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-259) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2001000581
ISBN0801867827 (acid-free paper)

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