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Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle : neurasthenia in the life and work of Leonid Andreev
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Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle : neurasthenia in the life and work of Leonid Andreev / by Frederick H. White.
ISBN
9781781707449 (ebook) :
Publication
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
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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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Manchester scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 05, 2016
Series
Durham modern languages series
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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