The “High Disease”
Clinic and Literature (Russian Literature of the 1st Half of the 19th Century and Medicine)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22323068 |
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| Authors | V A Kotel'Nikov (0000-0002-5135-6782, Institute of Russian Literature, corresponding author), Vladimir A Kotelnikov (Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-16 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1605-7880 • E-ISSN: 2413-7715 |
| Publisher | The Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31857/s160578800024633-2 |
| OpenAlex | W4404282696 |
| Language | EN |
The article examines cases of psychopathy, which occurred among Russian writers of the 1st half of the 19th century, in particular K.N. Batyushkov and P.Ya. Chaadaev, and the connection of the disease with their literary activity. The material from the history of Russian psychiatry is involved. At the same time, the development of the theme of insanity in the literature of this period, as well as in the early poetry of B.L. Pasternak, is studied in detail. The romantic nature and sources of such development in the works of V.F. Odoevsky, the influence of E.T.A. Hoffmans creativity are revealed. The romantic personification of the theme of madness is shown in N.A. Polevoys novels The Bliss of Madness, Emma and in N.F. Pavlovs novella Masquerade. The philosophical and ethical interpretation of the theme is noted in the poems of E.A. Boratynsky and F.I. Tyutchev, in the novels of A.I. Herzen Doctor Krupov, Damaged
Aesthetics · Art · Disease · Late 19th century · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · History · Medicine · Internal Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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