{"product_id":"the-building-in-the-text-roy-eriksen-9780271027838","title":"The Building in the Text: Alberti to Shakespeare and Milton","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Building in the Text\u003c\/i\u003e, Roy Eriksen shows that Renaissance writers conceived of their texts in accordance with architectural principles. His approach opens the way to wide-ranging discussions of the structure and meaning of a variety of literary texts and also provides new insights into the famed architectural ekphrases of Alberti and Vasari.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing such words as \"plot,\" \"topos,\" \"fabrica,\" and \"stanza,\" Eriksen discloses the fundamental spatial symmetries and complexities in the writings of Ariosto, Shakespeare, and Milton, among other major figures. Ultimately, his book uncovers and clarifies a tradition of literary architecture that is rooted in antiquity and based on correspondences regarded as ordering principles of the cosmos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEriksen's book will be of interest to art historians, historians of literature, and those concerned with the classical heritage, rhetoric, music, and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Eriksen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271027835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271027838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Roy Eriksen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850150293759,"sku":"9780271027838","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-building-in-the-text-roy-eriksen-9780271027838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}