Tolstoy’s Family Prototypes in "War and Peace" / / Brett Cooke.
What were the consequences of Tolstoy’s unusual reliance on members of his family as source material for War and Peace? Did affection for close relatives influence depictions of these real prototypes in his fictional characters? Tolstoy used these models to consider his origins, to ponder alternativ...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Aesthetic Kin Altruism
- Chapter 1. Background and Overview
- Chapter 2. Family Structures
- Chapter 3. Kin Altruism
- Chapter 4. Names and Family Traditions
- Chapter 5. Writing the Novel with the Family
- Chapter 6. The Problem with Prototypes
- Chapter 7. Genetic Allies
- Chapter 8. Unrelated Family Associates
- Chapter 9. Distant Relatives
- Chapter 10. Tolstoy’s Grandparents
- Chapter 11. Tolstoy’s Parents
- Chapter 12. The Parents’ Marriage
- Chapter 13. What about Sonya?
- Chapter 14. A Genetic Clash—and Inclusive Errors
- Chapter 15. Incest Avoidance
- Chapter 16. Self-Altruism
- Chapter 17. Kin Altruism Reconsidered
- Bibliography
- Index