Diagnosing literary genius: a cultural history of psychiatry in Russia, 1880 - 1930

Irina Sirotkina explores the transformations of Russian psychiatric practice through its relationship to literature during the period 1880-1930, when psychiatrists began to view literature as an indicator of the nation's mental health.

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Main Author: Sirotkina, Irina E. 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore [u.a.] Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2002
Series:Medicine & culture
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Irina Sirotkina explores the transformations of Russian psychiatric practice through its relationship to literature during the period 1880-1930, when psychiatrists began to view literature as an indicator of the nation's mental health.
Physical Description:IX, 269 S.
ISBN:0801867827

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