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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Page 130
... Harrison and Amelia especially embody this classical - Christian principle of magnanimity which Fielding's " Of Good - Nature ' encompasses . At the end of the novel , when Booth is imprisoned and Amelia and her children are left ...
... Harrison and Amelia especially embody this classical - Christian principle of magnanimity which Fielding's " Of Good - Nature ' encompasses . At the end of the novel , when Booth is imprisoned and Amelia and her children are left ...
Page 132
... Harrison's Christian magna- nimity is inspired by charity , good - nature in its deepest sense : giving without expecting to re- ceive and giving beyond measure . In St. Paul's words , cited by Fielding in the Champion ( Sat. , Apr. 5 ...
... Harrison's Christian magna- nimity is inspired by charity , good - nature in its deepest sense : giving without expecting to re- ceive and giving beyond measure . In St. Paul's words , cited by Fielding in the Champion ( Sat. , Apr. 5 ...
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... Harrison's mind as " the treasury of all ancient and modern learning " ( p . 132 , Bk . IX , ch . v ) . In his discussion with Colonel Bath on the concept of honor and the practice of duelling ( p . 119 , Bk . IX , ch . iii ) , Harrison ...
... Harrison's mind as " the treasury of all ancient and modern learning " ( p . 132 , Bk . IX , ch . v ) . In his discussion with Colonel Bath on the concept of honor and the practice of duelling ( p . 119 , Bk . IX , ch . iii ) , Harrison ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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