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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... charity , he is in tune with the world , for as Allworthy says , charity is " enjoined both by the Christian law and by the law of nature it- self " ( p . 56 , Bk . II , ch . v ) .19 Of course classi- cal prudence and Christian charity ...
... charity , he is in tune with the world , for as Allworthy says , charity is " enjoined both by the Christian law and by the law of nature it- self " ( p . 56 , Bk . II , ch . v ) .19 Of course classi- cal prudence and Christian charity ...
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... charity is a form of music in tune with the harmony of the world : " If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels , but have not love , I am a noisy gong or a clanging symbol " ( I Cor . 13 : 1 ) . Spitzer thus com- ments : " Only ...
... charity is a form of music in tune with the harmony of the world : " If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels , but have not love , I am a noisy gong or a clanging symbol " ( I Cor . 13 : 1 ) . Spitzer thus com- ments : " Only ...
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... charity , good - nature in its deepest sense : giving without expecting to re- ceive and giving beyond measure . In St. Paul's words , cited by Fielding in the Champion ( Sat. , Apr. 5 , 1740 ) , " charity is kind " and " seeketh not ...
... charity , good - nature in its deepest sense : giving without expecting to re- ceive and giving beyond measure . In St. Paul's words , cited by Fielding in the Champion ( Sat. , Apr. 5 , 1740 ) , " charity is kind " and " seeketh not ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
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