manuscripts of War and Peace
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The manuscripts of War and Peace are the original handwritten drafts and revisions of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel, preserving its developmental history and textual variations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| manuscripts of War and Peace canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autograph manuscripts
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literary manuscript collection ⓘ primary source material ⓘ |
| areManuscriptsOf | War and Peace ⓘ |
| areSourceFor |
comparison of different published versions of War and Peace
ⓘ
reconstruction of original authorial intentions ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| associatedWork | War and Peace ⓘ |
| author | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| contain |
additions
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deletions ⓘ marginal notes ⓘ revisions ⓘ textual variants ⓘ |
| creationLocation |
Moscow
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Russian Empire ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
Yasnaya Polyana ⓘ |
| creationPeriod | circa 1863–1869 ⓘ |
| document |
authorial changes by Leo Tolstoy
ⓘ
composition history of War and Peace ⓘ development of War and Peace ⓘ |
| form |
fair copies
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handwritten drafts ⓘ revised drafts ⓘ |
| genreDocumented |
historical novel
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| materialForm | paper ⓘ |
| preserve |
alternative passages
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early versions of chapters ⓘ variant endings of scenes ⓘ |
| reflect |
Tolstoy’s changing philosophical views
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Tolstoy’s revisions of historical interpretation ⓘ Tolstoy’s stylistic refinement ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Russian literature
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manuscript studies ⓘ textual scholarship ⓘ |
| script | Tolstoy’s handwriting ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for nineteenth-century Russian literary practice
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evidence for the evolution of War and Peace ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented | 1860s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
critical editions of War and Peace
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genetic criticism ⓘ philological research ⓘ study of Tolstoy’s writing process ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.