Cooke Tolstoy’s Family Prototypes in "War and Peace"

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-64469-410-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 318 Seiten

Reihe: Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooke, Brett

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Slawische Literaturen Ostslawische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Aesthetic Kin Altruism1. Background and Overview2. Family Structures3. Kin Altruism4. Names and Family Traditions5. Writing the Novel with the Family6. The Problem with Prototypes7. Genetic Allies8. Unrelated Family Associates9. Distant Relatives10. Tolstoy’s Grandparents11. Tolstoy’s Parents12. The Parents’ Marriage13. What about Sonya?14. A Genetic Clash—and Inclusive Errors15. Incest AvoidanceA. 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-Altruism17. Kin Altruism ReconsideredBibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cooke Brett:
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.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.