Geometry of Quadrangles in Almqvist’s The Queen’s Tiara
Tiina Katriina Kukkonen

Proceedings of Bridges 2018: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 265–272
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Abstract

Quadrangles are repeatedly used in construction of scenes in Swedish author C. J. L. Almqvist’s novel The Queen’s Tiara. They limit and frame views. Repeating these structures creates connections between scenes. They form in relations between characters. Several quadrangular structures form around one main character called Tintomara, when she involuntarily attracts characters that fall in love in her. Also, quadrangles inside and beside each other are visible in scenes. Almqvist presented these forms in the elementary geometry textbook he published a year before this novel.

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