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Cures for Modernity

- Medicine in Interwar Russian and Czech Literature and Cinema

About Cures for Modernity

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781800792937
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Published:
  • September 25, 2023
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x18 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 445 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: December 13, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of Cures for Modernity

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.

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