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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... author to admire and praise the glory of God , Being , or Nature rather than to seek personal fame . " ยท Fielding constantly shows gratitude to the source of his art , Nature . For example , in the " Author's Preface " to Joseph Andrews ...
... author to admire and praise the glory of God , Being , or Nature rather than to seek personal fame . " ยท Fielding constantly shows gratitude to the source of his art , Nature . For example , in the " Author's Preface " to Joseph Andrews ...
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... author of a travel book which pur- ports to avoid " every Fault with which common writers of Travels are often too ... authors who gloat to see their name in print defies the traditional notion about the anonymity of the artist who ...
... author of a travel book which pur- ports to avoid " every Fault with which common writers of Travels are often too ... authors who gloat to see their name in print defies the traditional notion about the anonymity of the artist who ...
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... authors , to promise one thing and give another de- notes artfulness -- concealment in the form of de- ceit , not in the sense of modesty . " Art as the ability to conceal art " refers to the humility of the artist , not his hypocrisy ...
... authors , to promise one thing and give another de- notes artfulness -- concealment in the form of de- ceit , not in the sense of modesty . " Art as the ability to conceal art " refers to the humility of the artist , not his hypocrisy ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
20 | 80 |
Copyright | |
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