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 62
... beauty of proportion , not of symmetry . The various , individual parts form a harmonious whole , not a simple , mathematical uni- ty . As sources of the " wonder - full , " both the landscape and Sophia represent marvels of beauty ...
... beauty of proportion , not of symmetry . The various , individual parts form a harmonious whole , not a simple , mathematical uni- ty . As sources of the " wonder - full , " both the landscape and Sophia represent marvels of beauty ...
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... beauty of Som- ersetshire and the beauty of Sophia are both alike and different . Justice and beauty are not clear , univocal ideas : Allworthy always mixes mercy with justice , and beauty is always pied beauty for Fielding . As W. F. ...
... beauty of Som- ersetshire and the beauty of Sophia are both alike and different . Justice and beauty are not clear , univocal ideas : Allworthy always mixes mercy with justice , and beauty is always pied beauty for Fielding . As W. F. ...
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... beauty as two integrated aspects of the sublime : " It is truly said of Virtue , that , could men behold her naked , they would all fall in love with her . 119 Whereas Fielding always distinguishes between the Marvellous and the Mon ...
... beauty as two integrated aspects of the sublime : " It is truly said of Virtue , that , could men behold her naked , they would all fall in love with her . 119 Whereas Fielding always distinguishes between the Marvellous and the Mon ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
20 | 80 |
Copyright | |
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