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 69
... Jones , whom Sophia calls " the most fortu- nate man in the world " ( p . 875 , Bk . XVIII , ch . xii ) , and the goodness of Allworthy , " a man , who is not only the darling of all good men who know him , but a blessing to society ...
... Jones , whom Sophia calls " the most fortu- nate man in the world " ( p . 875 , Bk . XVIII , ch . xii ) , and the goodness of Allworthy , " a man , who is not only the darling of all good men who know him , but a blessing to society ...
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... Jones is not a predictable system that can be foreseen by a simple formula such as " born to be hanged " or a clear idea like " interest will not lie . " Tom Jones ' good fortune , the perennial luck of the fool , is not completely ...
... Jones is not a predictable system that can be foreseen by a simple formula such as " born to be hanged " or a clear idea like " interest will not lie . " Tom Jones ' good fortune , the perennial luck of the fool , is not completely ...
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... Jones , with its harmony of the one and the many which the conclusion of the novel reveals , imitates the copious ... Jones , is unsystematic , episodic , cha- otic but not without form or purpose . The form or purpose or intelligibility ...
... Jones , with its harmony of the one and the many which the conclusion of the novel reveals , imitates the copious ... Jones , is unsystematic , episodic , cha- otic but not without form or purpose . The form or purpose or intelligibility ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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