Queer Tolstoy A Psychobiography
Sethness Castro, Javier
Queer Tolstoy A Psychobiography - Taylor & Francis 2023 - 1 online resource
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Queer Tolstoy is a multidimensional work combining psychanalysis, political history, LOGBTQ+ studies, sexology, ethics, and theology to explore the life and art of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Using a psychobiographical framework, Sethness Castro uncovers profoundly queer dimensions in Tolstoy's life experiences and art. Deftly contributing to the progressive and radical analysis of gender and sexuality, this book examines how Tolstoy's erotic dissidence informed his anarchist politics, anti-militarist ideas, and voluminous literary production. Sethness Castro analyzes the influence of Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Cervantes, Rousseau, Kant, Herzen, Proudhon, Chemyshevsky, and his mother Marya Volkonskyaya on the artist's writings. Furthermore, he details Tolstoy's emblematic linking of LGBTQ+ desire with moral and erotic self-determination and resistance to Tsarist despotism-especially in War and Peace. This book is vital reading for those interested in the intersection of literature, psychoanalysis, queer studies, and Russian history.
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9781003328964 9781003328964 9781032342559 9781032358505
10.4324/9781003328964 doi
Gender studies, gender groups
History of other lands
Literature: history & criticism
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Psychology
Social & political philosophy
ethics, gender, LGBTQ+, political history, queer studies, Russian history, sexology, theology
Queer Tolstoy A Psychobiography - Taylor & Francis 2023 - 1 online resource
Free-to-read
Queer Tolstoy is a multidimensional work combining psychanalysis, political history, LOGBTQ+ studies, sexology, ethics, and theology to explore the life and art of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Using a psychobiographical framework, Sethness Castro uncovers profoundly queer dimensions in Tolstoy's life experiences and art. Deftly contributing to the progressive and radical analysis of gender and sexuality, this book examines how Tolstoy's erotic dissidence informed his anarchist politics, anti-militarist ideas, and voluminous literary production. Sethness Castro analyzes the influence of Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Cervantes, Rousseau, Kant, Herzen, Proudhon, Chemyshevsky, and his mother Marya Volkonskyaya on the artist's writings. Furthermore, he details Tolstoy's emblematic linking of LGBTQ+ desire with moral and erotic self-determination and resistance to Tsarist despotism-especially in War and Peace. This book is vital reading for those interested in the intersection of literature, psychoanalysis, queer studies, and Russian history.
All rights reserved
English
9781003328964 9781003328964 9781032342559 9781032358505
10.4324/9781003328964 doi
Gender studies, gender groups
History of other lands
Literature: history & criticism
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Psychology
Social & political philosophy
ethics, gender, LGBTQ+, political history, queer studies, Russian history, sexology, theology