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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... philosophy of history reflected by Fielding's heroes , the characters who combine classical right reason with Christian agape , that is , the view of Providence found in the Bible , The Consolation of Philosophy , and Paradise Lost ...
... philosophy of history reflected by Fielding's heroes , the characters who combine classical right reason with Christian agape , that is , the view of Providence found in the Bible , The Consolation of Philosophy , and Paradise Lost ...
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... Philosophy , with all her ups and downs ; to hide His deepest intentions by acting through human agents , natural means , and commonplace happenings ; to make use of a boundless variety of ways and means -- the ill - nature of Lady ...
... Philosophy , with all her ups and downs ; to hide His deepest intentions by acting through human agents , natural means , and commonplace happenings ; to make use of a boundless variety of ways and means -- the ill - nature of Lady ...
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... Philosophy , to name only the most primary sources of Fielding's Christian philosophy of history . D. History Fielding's novels also try to rescue the tra- ditional Christian idea of Providence from the distortions of historians as well ...
... Philosophy , to name only the most primary sources of Fielding's Christian philosophy of history . D. History Fielding's novels also try to rescue the tra- ditional Christian idea of Providence from the distortions of historians as well ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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