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Author White, Frederick H., 1970- author.

Title Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle : neurasthenia in the life and work of Leonid Andrew / Frederick H. White.

Publication Info. Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 290 pages .)
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Series Durham modern language series
Durham modern language series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.
Summary This study demonstrates the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health. It examines the concept of pathology in Russia, the influence of European medical discourse, the development of Russian psychiatry, and the role that it had on popular culture by investigating the life and works of Leonid Andreev.
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Subject Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919 -- Mental health.
Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919.
Mental health.
Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism and interpretation.
Art and mental illness -- Russia.
Art and mental illness.
Russia.
Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Russian literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Science -- Russia.
Science.
Mental health -- Russia.
Mental illness -- Russia.
Mental illness.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: 9780719091643 0719091640 (DLC) 2013557413
ISBN 9781781707449 (electronic book)
1781707448 (electronic book)
9781526102119 (electronic book)
1526102110 (electronic book)
9780719091643 (hardback)
0719091640 (hardback)