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Tolstoy on the Couch: Misogyny, Masochism and the Absent Mother

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Tolstoy on the Couch: Misogyny, Masochism and the Absent Mother - Rancour-Laferriere, Daniel
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In his 1889 novella The Kreutzer Sonata Lev Tolstoy declared war on human sexuality. Having fathered thirteen children by his wife and at least two children by peasant women, the great Russian writer now has the arrogance to suggest that people should stop having children. Psychoanalysis of Tolstoy's diaries and other private materials reveals that Tolstoy's anti-sex position was grounded in a sadistic attitude towards women (including his wife Sonia) and a punishing, masochistic attitude towards himself. These ...

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Tolstoy on the Couch: Misogyny, Masochism and the Absent Mother 1998, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

ISBN-13: 9780333730416

Hardcover

Tolstoy on the Couch: Misogyny, Masochism and the Absent Mother 1998, Palgrave MacMillan, London

ISBN-13: 9781349147816

1998 edition

Trade paperback

Tolstoy on the Couch: Misogyny, Masochism, and the Absent Mother 1998, New York University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780814775097

Hardcover