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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... cause it was " a matter of very little hazard " but choosing to return Sophia's sixteen guineas be- cause of " the utmost danger of discovery " ( p . 263 , Bk . VI , ch . xiii ) ; Mrs. Honour agreeing to escape with Sophia rather than ...
... cause it was " a matter of very little hazard " but choosing to return Sophia's sixteen guineas be- cause of " the utmost danger of discovery " ( p . 263 , Bk . VI , ch . xiii ) ; Mrs. Honour agreeing to escape with Sophia rather than ...
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Mitchell Kalpakgian. • cause in it the agents are not visi- bly before us The marvel- lous , however , is a cause of plea- sure , as is shown by the fact that we all tell a story with additions , in the belief we are doing our hearers a ...
Mitchell Kalpakgian. • cause in it the agents are not visi- bly before us The marvel- lous , however , is a cause of plea- sure , as is shown by the fact that we all tell a story with additions , in the belief we are doing our hearers a ...
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... cause , being unable to explain completely the surprising , coincidental events . In Aristotle's words , " And a man who is puzzled and wonders thinks himself ignorant ( Meta- physics , 982b ) . Although the conclusions of Fielding's ...
... cause , being unable to explain completely the surprising , coincidental events . In Aristotle's words , " And a man who is puzzled and wonders thinks himself ignorant ( Meta- physics , 982b ) . Although the conclusions of Fielding's ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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