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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... cites the precept of Horace , " to in- troduce supernatural agents as seldom as possi- ble , " and the rule of Aristotle that probable im- possibilities should be preferred to improbable possibilities . To evoke the marvellous or aston ...
... cites the precept of Horace , " to in- troduce supernatural agents as seldom as possi- ble , " and the rule of Aristotle that probable im- possibilities should be preferred to improbable possibilities . To evoke the marvellous or aston ...
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... cites the ravenous wolves and voracious sharks as exam- ples of the sublime , he connects sublimity with evil . When Burke in the Philosophical Enquiry re- lates sublimity to violence , dread , and pain , he too approaches the ...
... cites the ravenous wolves and voracious sharks as exam- ples of the sublime , he connects sublimity with evil . When Burke in the Philosophical Enquiry re- lates sublimity to violence , dread , and pain , he too approaches the ...
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... cites as sources of the sublime certain categories that are all exclusive of either calm , light , or color . To quote from Samuel Monk's commentary on Burke's list of sublime topics : They are obscurity , where darkness and uncertainty ...
... cites as sources of the sublime certain categories that are all exclusive of either calm , light , or color . To quote from Samuel Monk's commentary on Burke's list of sublime topics : They are obscurity , where darkness and uncertainty ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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