{"product_id":"number-and-pattern-in-the-eighteenth-century-novel-defoe-fielding-smollett-and-sterne-paperback-1","title":"Number and Pattern in the Eighteenth-Century Novel: Defoe, Fielding, Smollett and Sterne - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNumerological patterning in literature, where structural details of a literary work are symbolically related to its meaning on the verbal level, was particularly common from the Middle Ages up to the seventeenth century. Originally published in 1973, the author breaks new ground in revealing that familiarity with this technique lived on into the eighteenth century, supplying the more artistically aware of the early British novelists with meaningful formal guidelines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn account is given of the origins and continuity of the numerological tradition in Western European - and particularly English - thought as it affected literary structure. The careful structural patterning in the novels of Defoe and in Fielding's \u003ci\u003eJoseph Andrews\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTom Jones\u003c\/i\u003e is examined in detail. Smollett, too, is shown to have been interested in exploring the possibilities of number and pattern, and the clear-cut numerological framework of Sterne's \u003ci\u003eTristram Shandy\u003c\/i\u003e is revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis original and controversial study combines structural analysis with fresh interpretative insights, and draws parallels with painting, music and architecture. It also has an important bearing on the history of ideas in the first half of the eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703711789363,"sku":"9780367444044","price":87.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RUk2Nmhtd0t3S0hQVHdBRVJ3dW91UT09_88cacb2c-5843-4cdf-81b2-574fab86b9db.webp?v=1763337589","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/number-and-pattern-in-the-eighteenth-century-novel-defoe-fielding-smollett-and-sterne-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}