Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle: Neurasthenia in the life and work of Leonid Andreev

305 Pages·2014·1.512 MB·Durham Modern Languages Series

by  Frederick White

Durham Modern Languages Series
Degeneration, decadence
and disease in the
fin de siècle
Russian
•
Neurasthenia in the life
and work of Leonid Andreev
•
Frederick H. White
Degeneration, decadence and
fin de siècle
disease in the Russian
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Degeneration, decadence and
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disease in the Russian
Neurasthenia in the life and work of
Leonid Andreev
Frederick H. White
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Contents
Figures ix
Acknowledgements xi
Note on Russian terms, images and abbreviations xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Degeneration and decadence 24
3 Diaries and diagnosis 62
4 Controversy and success 91
5 Loss and rebellion 134
6 Feigned and performed 181
7 Diaries and death 230
8 Conclusions 256
Bibliography 269
Index 283

Figures
1.1 Leonid Andreev from February 1901, while a patient at the 2
Imperial clinic for nervous disorders. This picture was graciously
provided from the photography collection of the United State
Literary Museum of I.S. Turgenev, Orel (OGLMT).
3.1 Leonid Andreev in the Imperial clinic for nervous disorders. 83
Photographs, Leonid Andreyev miscellaneous papers, 1900-1920,
box 1, Hoover Institute Archive.
6.1 A photograph of Andreev taken in the 1910s. Russian 182
Pictorial Collection, box XX764, file DN, Hoover Institute Archive.
This photograph was originally a gift to the Hoover Institute
Archive from Olga Andreyev Carlisle.
7.1 Leonid Andreev in 1914, while under the treatment of 231
Dr Iosif Gerzoni in Petrograd. This picture was graciously
provided from the photography collection of the United State
Literary Museum of I.S. Turgenev, Orel (OGLMT).
8.1 Leonid Andreev from February 1901, while a patient at the 257
Imperial clinic for nervous disorders. This picture was graciously
provided from the photography collection of the United State
Literary Museum of I.S. Turgenev, Orel (OGLMT).