| Acknowledgements and Abbreviations |
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1 | (9) |
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1. The Paradoxical Tolstoy |
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2. Why Psychoanalysis Applies |
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3 | (7) |
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2 The Arzamas Horror: A Sample of Tolstoy's Psychopathology |
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10 | (23) |
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1. Separating from His Wife, His Family, His Novel |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (5) |
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4. Masochism as an Antidepressant |
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21 | (2) |
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33 | (25) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (3) |
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3. Maternal Sexuality and Maternal Love |
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38 | (4) |
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4. The Psychology of Early Maternal Loss |
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42 | (6) |
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5. Ambivalence and Multiple Mothering |
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48 | (7) |
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6. Sexuality and the Death of the Mother |
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55 | (3) |
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4 Tolstoy's Case for Sexual Abstinence |
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58 | (36) |
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58 | (8) |
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66 | (7) |
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73 | (5) |
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78 | (3) |
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5. Harm to Children: the Primal Scene |
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81 | (5) |
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6. An End to Childbirthing |
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86 | (4) |
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7. Mutual Enslavement of the Sexes |
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90 | (4) |
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5 Sexual Abstinence: The Hidden Agenda |
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94 | (70) |
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1. Narcissism, Jealousy, and the Maternal Icon |
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94 | (8) |
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102 | (2) |
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114 | (5) |
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4. The Homosexual Element |
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119 | (4) |
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5. Regress along with Beethoven |
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123 | (7) |
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6. Murdering the Breast-Mother |
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130 | (11) |
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7. Castration, Masochism, Guilt |
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141 | (3) |
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8. Tolstoy's Moral Masochism |
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144 | (7) |
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9. Guilt and the Matricidal Impulse |
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151 | (3) |
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10. Repetition of Past Traumas |
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154 | (6) |
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160 | (4) |
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6 Tolstoy's Problematical Self |
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164 | (25) |
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1. Psychiatric Symptoms while Writing The Kreutzer Sonata |
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164 | (3) |
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2. The Self-Improvement Kick: God as Ideal Self |
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167 | (3) |
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3. Low Self-Esteem and the Need for Attention |
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170 | (5) |
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4. Unclear Boundaries of the Self |
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175 | (6) |
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5. Finishing off the Novella: Interacting Self-Disturbances |
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181 | (8) |
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7 The Relationship with Sonia: A Feminist Note |
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189 | (14) |
| Notes |
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203 | (43) |
| Bibliography |
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246 | (15) |
| Index |
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