02740namaa2200517uu 4500 doab97884 oapen 20260305123951.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 230303s2023 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9781003328964 9781003328964 9781032342559 9781032358505 10.4324/9781003328964 doi oapen oapen eng dc DS bicssc HBJQ bicssc HPS bicssc JFSJ bicssc JM bicssc JMAF bicssc Sethness Castro, Javier aut Queer Tolstoy A Psychobiography Taylor & Francis 2023 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star Queer Tolstoy is a multidimensional work combining psychanalysis, political history, LOGBTQ+ 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 ideas, and voluminous literary production. Sethness Castro analyzes the influence of Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Cervantes, Rousseau, Kant, Herzen, Proudhon, Chemyshevsky, and his mother Marya Volkonskyaya 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. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Gender studies, gender groups bicssc History of other lands bicssc Literature: history & criticism bicssc Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology) bicssc Psychology bicssc Social & political philosophy bicssc ethics, gender, LGBTQ+, political history, queer studies, Russian history, sexology, theology DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97884 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 93032 93032