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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... ancients . Once this originality begins to work , it still de- pends on its source . It attempts to find form in matter , the universal in the particular -- essences which are also already there . That is , the artist does not heighten ...
... ancients . Once this originality begins to work , it still de- pends on its source . It attempts to find form in matter , the universal in the particular -- essences which are also already there . That is , the artist does not heighten ...
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... ancients to the moderns . He recognizes his debt not only to Mother Nature but also to the wisdom of the an- cients -- the materials upon which his own power of invention works . Just as Fielding acknowledges the inexhaust- ible ...
... ancients to the moderns . He recognizes his debt not only to Mother Nature but also to the wisdom of the an- cients -- the materials upon which his own power of invention works . Just as Fielding acknowledges the inexhaust- ible ...
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... ancients are " there " for the benefit of all . Like Nature's copious variety , the ancients too offer a fertile common . " In like manner are the ancients , such as Homer , Virgil , Horace , Cicero , and the rest , to be esteemed among ...
... ancients are " there " for the benefit of all . Like Nature's copious variety , the ancients too offer a fertile common . " In like manner are the ancients , such as Homer , Virgil , Horace , Cicero , and the rest , to be esteemed among ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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Copyright | |
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