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Space and the eighteenth-century English novel

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Material type
단행본
Personal Author
Varey, Simon, 1951-
Title Statement
Space and the eighteenth-century English novel / Simon Varey.
Publication, Distribution, etc
Cambridge ;   New York :   Cambridge University Press,   1990.  
Physical Medium
xi, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 7
ISBN
0521374839
Bibliography, Etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Space (Architecture) in literature. Architecture and literature.
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Contents information

Book Introduction

In this challenging and illustrated study, first published in 1990, Simon Varey relates the idea of space in the major novels of Defoe, Fielding and Richardson to its use in the theory and practice of eighteenth-century architecture. Concepts of divine design, expressed in the work of philosophers and theologians, introduced an ideological element to the notion of space which gave it a heightened significance in contemporary thought. Professor Varey's central argument is that space becomes a political instrument used to establish conformity, assert power and give form to the aspirations of social classes. He draws on a wide range of architectural books, both English and European, and on the example of Bath (focusing in particular on its chief architect in the eighteenth century, John Wood). The discussion of novels such as Robinson Crusoe, Tom Jones and Clarissa examines narrative as a form of spatial design, the use of architectural imagery to describe people, and the political control of social space.

This study, first published in 1990, relates the idea of spatial design in the major novels of Defoe, Fielding and Richardson to eighteenth-century architecture.


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Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on translations; Introduction; Part I: 1. Space, architecture and politics; 2. Space, the architect and the design argument; Part II: 3. The rise of Bath; 4. An architect's imagination: John Wood's Bath; Part III: 5. Defoe and the politics of space; 6. Fielding and the convenience of design; 7. Richardson and the violation of space; 8. The politics of space; Index.


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