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Brett Cooke
Tolstoy's Family Prototypes in "War and Peace"
English · Hardback
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Description
Did affection for members of his family influence Tolstoy¿s characterizations in War and Peace? Comparison of the novel with the writer¿s family history reveals preferential treatment of those with greater relatedness to him¿excluding his autoportraits. It also explains many narrative gaps and curious devices, including coincidences, ¿fate,¿ and incest.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction: Aesthetic Kin Altruism
1. Background and Overview
2. Family Structures
3. Kin Altruism
4. Names and Family Traditions
5. Writing the Novel with the Family
6. The Problem with Prototypes
7. Genetic Allies
8. Unrelated Family Associates
9. Distant Relatives
10. Tolstoy¿s Grandparents
11. Tolstoy¿s Parents
12. The Parents¿ Marriage
13. What about Sonya?
14. A Genetic Clash¿and Inclusive Errors
15. Incest Avoidance
Introduction: Aesthetic Kin Altruism
1. Background and Overview
2. Family Structures
3. Kin Altruism
4. Names and Family Traditions
5. Writing the Novel with the Family
6. The Problem with Prototypes
7. Genetic Allies
8. Unrelated Family Associates
9. Distant Relatives
10. Tolstoy¿s Grandparents
11. Tolstoy¿s Parents
12. The Parents¿ Marriage
13. What about Sonya?
14. A Genetic Clash¿and Inclusive Errors
15. Incest Avoidance
A. Actual Brother-Sister/Parent-Child (50% Relatedness)B. Avuncular (25% Relatedness)C. Cousins (12.5% Relatedness)D. First Cousin Once Removed (6.25% Relatedness)E. Second Cousin (3.125% Relatedness)F. Affinity (0% Relatedness)G. The Westermarck Effect (0% Relatedness)16. Self-Altruism
17. Kin Altruism Reconsidered
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Brett Cooke is Professor of Russian at Texas A&M University. He is the author of Pushkin and the Creative Process, and Human Nature in Utopia: Zamyatin's We and editor or co-editor of Sociobiology and the Arts, The Fantastic Other, Biopoetics: Evolutionary Explorations in the Arts, Critical Insights: War and Peace, and, recently, Evolution and Popular Narrative.
Summary
What were the consequences of Tolstoy's unusual reliance on members of his family as source material for War and Peace? Comparison of the novel and its fascinating drafts with the writer's family history reveals increasing preferential treatment of those with greater relatedness to him.
Product details
Authors Brett Cooke Publisher Academic Studies Press Languages English Product format Hardback Released 30.11.2020 EAN 9781644694084 ISBN 978-1-64469-408-4 No. of pages 318 Dimensions 161 mm x 240 mm x 22 mm Weight 643 g Series Evolution and Cognition
Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies
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