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 56
... Nature's bold , irregular art . Thus the uneven lay of the land , the wandering course of the water , the di- versity of the trees , and the jaggedness of the mountains all reveal Nature as " unmethodized . " Fielding never depicts Nature ...
... Nature's bold , irregular art . Thus the uneven lay of the land , the wandering course of the water , the di- versity of the trees , and the jaggedness of the mountains all reveal Nature as " unmethodized . " Fielding never depicts Nature ...
Page 59
... Nature at Som- ersetshire , with its open vistas or gaps ( the cas- cade suddenly drops by " tumbling in a natural fall " rather than by logically progressing in " a regular flight of steps " ) challenges the tenet that " nature makes ...
... Nature at Som- ersetshire , with its open vistas or gaps ( the cas- cade suddenly drops by " tumbling in a natural fall " rather than by logically progressing in " a regular flight of steps " ) challenges the tenet that " nature makes ...
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... Nature , that is , between man's hand- iwork and Nature's masterpieces . Allworthy's estate , for example , owes its beauty to the art of man as well as Nature . Allworthy's house is a marvel of architecture ; in imitation of Nature's ...
... Nature , that is , between man's hand- iwork and Nature's masterpieces . Allworthy's estate , for example , owes its beauty to the art of man as well as Nature . Allworthy's house is a marvel of architecture ; in imitation of Nature's ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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