A study of numerology in Elizabethan poetry, with some background studies which base the subject in classical learning, the works of Dante and Petrarch, and the esoteric traditions of the humanists. The central assumption of numerological criticism is that there exist works written in this tradition which show a correspondence between structure and meaning on a numerical plane; that is, one in which the number of the constituent parts (lines, stanzas, sonnets in a sequence) expresses a major aspect of the meaning. For ...
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A study of numerology in Elizabethan poetry, with some background studies which base the subject in classical learning, the works of Dante and Petrarch, and the esoteric traditions of the humanists. The central assumption of numerological criticism is that there exist works written in this tradition which show a correspondence between structure and meaning on a numerical plane; that is, one in which the number of the constituent parts (lines, stanzas, sonnets in a sequence) expresses a major aspect of the meaning. For instance parts of the whole can be arranged to represent months of the year and so on. Such structures of time and the triumphal form, in which the most important 'sovereign' element is placed at the centre, are the two main numerological patterns discussed by Dr Fowler. Critics have tended to regard numerology as an isolated phenomenon, rare after the Middle Ages but Dr Fowler demonstrates its persistence in the works of Spenser, Sidney, Chapman, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Dryden and others.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0521077478.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. This is a study of numerology in Elizabethan poetry, including its background in classical learning, the works of Dante and Petrarch, and the esoteric traditions of the humanists; the central assumption is that there exist works written in this tradition which show a correspondence between structure and meaning on the numerical plane, in which the number of the constituent parts (lines, stanzas, sonnets in a sequence) expresses a major aspect of the meaning; while critics have tended to regard numerology as an isolated phenomenon, rare after the Middle Ages, the author demonstrates its persistence in the works of Spenser, Sidney, Chapman, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Dryden, and others and suggests that Elizabethan sonnet sequences are long stanzaic poems of complex numerological structure (brown cloth with gold lettering on red spine label has very slight edgewear; orange pictorial dust jacket is price-clipped with very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
