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Informationen zum Autor Douglas Brooks Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
