Cures for Modernity Medicine in Interwar Russian and Czech Literature and Cinema |
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| Series edited by:
| Emden, Christian
Midgley, David |
| Author:
| Sutton-Mattocks, Julia |
| Series title: | Cultural History and Literary Imagination Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80079-293-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2023 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $72.95 |
Book Description:
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Why did medicine fascinate writers and filmmakers in the 1920s and 1930s? This book traces the prevalent medical themes in interwar Russian and Czech literature and cinema: syphilis, nervous illness, surgery and childbirth. It offers new perspectives on major writers like Bulgakov and Zamiatin as well as lesser known counterparts.
Why did medicine fascinate writers and filmmakers in the 1920s and 1930s? This book traces the prevalent medical themes in interwar Russian and Czech literature and cinema: syphilis, nervous illness, surgery and childbirth. It offers new perspectives on major writers like Bulgakov and Zamiatin as well as lesser known counterparts.