Queer Tolstoy
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Queer Tolstoy

A Psychobiography

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Queer Tolstoy

A Psychobiography

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Queer Tolstoy is a multidimensional work combining psychoanalysis, political history, LGBTQ+ 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 ideals, and voluminous literary production. Sethness Castro analyzes the influence of Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Cervantes, Rousseau, Kant, Herzen, Proudhon, Chernyshevsky, and his mother Marya Volkonskaya 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.

Chapter2 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.taylorfrancis.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
ISBN
9781000833942
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Psychoanalysis
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Dedication and Acknowledgments
  9. Maps
  10. 1. Theoretical Preface on Queer Anarchism
  11. 2. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy: A Queer, Christian-Anarchist Writer
  12. 3. The Life and Death of a “Holy Fool”
  13. 4. Humanism, Militarism, and Imperialism in The Cossacks and Hadji Murat
  14. 5. War and Peace: An Anarcho-Populist Verbal Icon
  15. 6. War and Peace, Book One: “Andrei Bolkonsky”
  16. 7. War and Peace, Book Two: “Natasha Rostova”
  17. 8. War and Peace, Book Three: “The Year 1812”
  18. 9. War and Peace, Book Four: “Pierre Bezukhov”
  19. 10. Conclusion: The Psychodynamics of Hierarchy
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index