TY - BOOK ID - 103543302 TI - Tolstoy's family prototypes in war and peace PY - 2020 SN - 9781644694084 1644694085 1644694107 1644694093 PB - Boston : Academic Studies Press, DB - UniCat KW - Characters and characteristics. KW - Tolstoy, Leo, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Characters. KW - Voĭna i mir (Tolstoy, Leo, graf). KW - Families KW - Family KW - Family life KW - Family relationships KW - Family structure KW - Relationships, Family KW - Structure, Family KW - Social institutions KW - Birth order KW - Domestic relations KW - Home KW - Households KW - Kinship KW - Marriage KW - Matriarchy KW - Parenthood KW - Patriarchy KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Social conditions KW - Napoleonic Wars. KW - Russian literature. KW - Tolstoy. KW - aesthetics. KW - ancestors. KW - autobiographical fiction. KW - biopoetics. KW - character arcs. KW - evolutionary psychology. KW - family. KW - history. KW - incest. KW - kin altruism. KW - literary Darwinism. KW - nepotism. KW - prototypes. KW - relationships. KW - Толстой, Лев Николаевич KW - Tolstoi, Leo KW - Tolstoj, Leo KW - Tolstoj, Lew Nikolajewitsj KW - Tolstoy, Leo KW - Tolstoï, Léon KW - Толстой, Лев, KW - Толстой, Лев Николаевич, KW - Tolstoĭ, Lev Nikolaevich, KW - Dōlsdōy, L. N., KW - Ṭālsṭāy, KW - Ṭālsṭāy, Liyō, KW - Talstoĭ, Leŭ, KW - Tʻo-erh-ssu-tʻai, KW - Tʻo-erh-ssu-tʻai, Lieh-fu, KW - Ṭôlasṭāya, Liyo, KW - Толстой, Л. М., KW - Tolstoĭ, L. M., KW - Толстой, Л. Н. KW - Tolstoĭ, L. N. KW - Tolstoi, Leo N., KW - Tolstoj, Lev Nikolajevitsj KW - Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič KW - Tolstoï, Léon, KW - Tolstoï, Léon Nikolaevitch, KW - Tolstoi, Leone, KW - Tolstói, Lev, KW - Tolstoi, Lew, KW - Tolstoı̂, Lion, KW - Tolstoi, Lyof N., KW - Tolstoj, Lav Nikolajević, KW - Tolstoj, Law, KW - Tolstoj, Lev Nikolajevič, KW - Tołstoj, Lew, KW - Tolstoy, L. N. KW - Tolstoy, Léon, KW - Tolstoy, Lev, KW - Tolsztoj, Lev, KW - Ttolsŭttoi, KW - Tūlstūy, Līf, KW - Tuo'ersitai, KW - Tuo'ersitai, Liefu, KW - Талстой, Леў, KW - טאלסאטי, לעא, KW - טאלסטאי, ל. KW - טאלסטאי, ל., KW - טאלסטאי, ל.נ KW - טאלסטאי, ל. נ., KW - טאלסטאי, לאװ, KW - טאלסטאי, לעא KW - טאלסטאי, לעא, KW - טאלסטאי, לעװ KW - טאלסטאי, לעװ, KW - טאלסטאי, לעוו KW - טאלסטאי, לעוו, KW - טאלסטאי, ליעװ KW - טאלסטאי, ליעוו KW - טאלסטאי, גראף לעא KW - טאלסטוי, ל., KW - טאלסטוי, ל. נ., KW - טאלסטוי, לאר, KW - טאלסטוי, לעא, KW - טולסטאי, לב נ., KW - טולסטױ, ל. KW - טולסטױ, ל., KW - טולסטױ, ל. נ. KW - טולסטוי KW - טולסטוי, ל. KW - טולסטוי, ל., KW - טולסטוי, ל. נ. KW - טולסטוי, ל.נ., KW - טולסטוי, ל. נ., KW - טולסטוי, לב KW - טולסטוי, לב, KW - טולסטוי, לב ניקולוביץ, KW - טולסטוי, ליב KW - טולסטוי, ליב, KW - تولستوى، ل، KW - لئون تولستوى KW - レオ.トルストイ, KW - 托爾斯泰, 列夫, KW - Tolstojs, L̦evs N., KW - Tolstoi, Leo Nikolaievich, KW - Tolstojus, L. N., UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:103543302 AB - 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 alternative family histories, and to critique himself. 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: kin altruism, i.e., nepotism. This pattern helps explain many of Tolstoy’s choices amongst plot variants he considered, as well as some of the curious devices he utilizes to get readers to share his biases, such as coincidences, notions of “fate,” and aversion to incest. ER -