Brett Cooke

Tolstoy's Family Prototypes in War and Peace

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9781644694084
• ISBN-10: 1644694085
• Artikelnr.: 59466671

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgements 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