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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... London . The " ad- ventures " in the novel , a basic element of all travel literature , do not deal in absurdities or improbabilities , such as Crusoe's eerie battle with the cannibals in a faraway place , Jonathan Wild's incredible ...
... London . The " ad- ventures " in the novel , a basic element of all travel literature , do not deal in absurdities or improbabilities , such as Crusoe's eerie battle with the cannibals in a faraway place , Jonathan Wild's incredible ...
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... London reasserts the divinity or mystery of Fortune , a goddess or power with a mind and will of her own who resists man's attempts to manipulate her-- in the same way Sophia refuses to be controlled by her father or aunt in her choice ...
... London reasserts the divinity or mystery of Fortune , a goddess or power with a mind and will of her own who resists man's attempts to manipulate her-- in the same way Sophia refuses to be controlled by her father or aunt in her choice ...
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Mitchell Kalpakgian. NOTES TO CHAPTER V 1The History of the Royal - Society of London ( London , 1667 ) ; quoted by David B. Morris , The Re- ligious Sublime ( Lexington , Ky .: Univ . Press of Kentucky , 1972 ) , pp . 40-41 . 2Quoted by ...
Mitchell Kalpakgian. NOTES TO CHAPTER V 1The History of the Royal - Society of London ( London , 1667 ) ; quoted by David B. Morris , The Re- ligious Sublime ( Lexington , Ky .: Univ . Press of Kentucky , 1972 ) , pp . 40-41 . 2Quoted by ...
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