Diagnosing Literary Genius: A Cultural History of Psychiatry in Russia, 1880-1930

Contents

c o n t e n t s Preface vii On Transliteration and Spelling xi Introduction 1 1 Gogol, Moralists, and Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry 14 2 Dostoevsky: From Epilepsy to Progeneration 45 3 Tolstoy and the Beginning of Psychotherapy in Russia 74 4 Decadents, Revolutionaries, and the Nation’s Mental Health 117 5 The Institute of Genius: Psychiatry in the Early Soviet Years 145 Notes 181 Bibliography 241 Index 261 This page intentionally left blank ...