Number and Pattern in the Eighteenth-Century Novel: Defoe, Fielding, Smollett and Sterne

ISBN-13: 9780367444044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 206 str.

Brooks, Douglas

Opis

Numerological patterning in literature, where structural details of a literary work are symbolically related to its meaning on the verbal level, was common from the Middle Ages to the 17th century. First published in 1973, the author breaks new ground in revealing that familiarity with this technique lived on into the 18th century.

Spis treści

Preface.  1. Introduction: The Numerological Background  2. Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Captain Singleton, Colonel Jack  3. Defoe: Moll Flanders and Roxana  4. Fielding: Joseph Andrews  5. Fielding: Tom Jones and Amelia  6. Smollett: Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, Ferdinand Count Fathom  7. Smollett: Humphrey Clinker  8. Sterne: Tristram Shandy.  Appendix: Prefatory Table from The Holy Bible…, By the Late Rev. Mr Ostervald (1793).  Select Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Douglas Brooks