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 185
... Jonathan and Laetitia ( p . 135 , Bk . III , ch . viii ) , a conversation " over- heard and taken down verbatim " by " a friend of mine " ; " the only copy " extant of Jonathan Wild's eloquent speech on the liberties of Newgate prison ...
... Jonathan and Laetitia ( p . 135 , Bk . III , ch . viii ) , a conversation " over- heard and taken down verbatim " by " a friend of mine " ; " the only copy " extant of Jonathan Wild's eloquent speech on the liberties of Newgate prison ...
Page 187
... Jonathan Wild is a foregone conclusion presented in a nil admirari Unlike Fielding's other novels or histories where the narrator ( of course Fielding himself ) portrays the unsystematic epic view of things -- the immense variety of ...
... Jonathan Wild is a foregone conclusion presented in a nil admirari Unlike Fielding's other novels or histories where the narrator ( of course Fielding himself ) portrays the unsystematic epic view of things -- the immense variety of ...
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... Jonathan Wild . On the one hand , the biographer purports to expel all supernatural elements and incredible fictions from his factual , documented narrative . On the other hand , despite the illusion of scientific objectivity and impar ...
... Jonathan Wild . On the one hand , the biographer purports to expel all supernatural elements and incredible fictions from his factual , documented narrative . On the other hand , despite the illusion of scientific objectivity and impar ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
20 | 80 |
Copyright | |
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