Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle : neurasthenia in the life and work of Leonid Andrew /

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...

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Author / Creator: White, Frederick H., 1970- (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Series:Durham modern language series.
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