Russian literature and psychoanalysis. Rankur-lamaner D.

Deniel Rankur-laferrier-a modern American literary critic, Russianist. His book includes works dedicated to the most famous Russian writers: Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Solzhenitsyn. The conclusions of a Western scientist based in his research on methods of classical and non-classical psychoanalysis (M. Klein, D.-V. Winnikot, X. Kochut, M. Malet, J. Bowlby, etc.), can shock someone and even outraged. But at the same time, they give rich food for thought, allow you to take a completely new look at such textbook literary characters as Evgeny Onegin, Tatyana Larina, Pierre Bezukhov, Gogolsky Shponka and Homa Brutus. That is also included in the sensational biography “Leo Tolstoy on the couch Psychoanalyst”, telling about the famous writer from a completely unexpected side.

In general, the publication gives an idea of ​​how psychoanalytic literary criticism develops in the West. The book is extremely interesting not only to those who study various aspects of sexuality and eroticism that permeate the Russian culture, but also to everyone who would like to understand the well -known works of art.