The Marvellous in Fielding's NovelsUniversity Press of America, 1981 - 235 pages The first full length work to explore in depth Fielding's concept of wonder and the marvellous. Argues that Fielding defended the classical Christian ideas of wonder) wonder as the beginning of Philosophy) in an age that reduced wonder to vulgar astonishment at the grotesque, the old, and the curious (what Fielding calls 'the monstrous'). |
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... Fielding awakens a sense of gratitude and inspires an author to admire and praise the glory of God , Being , or Nature rather than to seek personal fame . " ยท Fielding constantly shows gratitude to the source of his art , Nature . For ...
... Fielding awakens a sense of gratitude and inspires an author to admire and praise the glory of God , Being , or Nature rather than to seek personal fame . " ยท Fielding constantly shows gratitude to the source of his art , Nature . For ...
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... Fielding also ridicules the affecta- tion of wisdom in the form of gravity . He remarks that " an austere countenance is no token of purity of heart , " and he agrees with Shaftesbury that " gravity is of the essence of imposture . 49 ...
... Fielding also ridicules the affecta- tion of wisdom in the form of gravity . He remarks that " an austere countenance is no token of purity of heart , " and he agrees with Shaftesbury that " gravity is of the essence of imposture . 49 ...
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... Fielding's Longinus , whom he praises as one of the " noble critics " in the rank of Aristotle and Horace among the ancients and Dacier and Bossu among the moderns , is not the same Longinus whom John Dennis champions in The Advancement ...
... Fielding's Longinus , whom he praises as one of the " noble critics " in the rank of Aristotle and Horace among the ancients and Dacier and Bossu among the moderns , is not the same Longinus whom John Dennis champions in The Advancement ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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Copyright | |
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