Degeneration, Decadence and Disease in the Russian Fin De Siecle - Neurasthenia in the Life and Work of Leonid Andreev

Informationen zum Autor Frederick H. White is the Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah Valley University Klappentext Explores the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health Zusammenfassung Explores the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Degeneration and decadence2. Diaries and diagnosis3. Controversy and success4. Loss and rebellion5. Feigned and performed6. Diaries and deathConclusionsBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Frederick H. White, Frederick White, Frederick H. White
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9780719091643
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9164-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Durham Modern Languages Series; Durham Modern Languages; Durham Modern Languages Seires
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies