Slavic Sins of the Flesh: Food, Sex, and Carnal Appetite in Nineteenth-Century Russian Fiction

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Contents Acknowledgments vii Note on Transliteration, Citation, and Translation x 1. Introduction: Food and Sex in Russian Literature 1 2. Eating as Power: Dostoevsky and Carnivorousness 40 3. Eating as Pleasure: Tolstoy and Voluptuousness 98 4. Carnality and Morality in Fin de Siècle and Revolutionary Russia 158 5. Conclusion: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the Human Animal 227 Notes 239 Bibliography 301 Index 323 ...