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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... course the Bible . In his sermon on adultery Har- rison studies the vice as a violation of both the classical law of nature and the Ten Commandments as well as a degenerate custom of the eighteenth century . During a conversation with ...
... course the Bible . In his sermon on adultery Har- rison studies the vice as a violation of both the classical law of nature and the Ten Commandments as well as a degenerate custom of the eighteenth century . During a conversation with ...
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... course of the night , it is a random occurrence . To avoid the robbers whom they have overheard or the appa- ritions that Adams imagines , they proceed off the main course until , by chance , Adams ' foot slips and causes him to roll ...
... course of the night , it is a random occurrence . To avoid the robbers whom they have overheard or the appa- ritions that Adams imagines , they proceed off the main course until , by chance , Adams ' foot slips and causes him to roll ...
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... course , and which enables a work to elevate , rav- ish , and transport ( qui fait qu'un ouvrage enleve , ravit , transport ) " -- thus limiting wonder to a mere sensation or ecstatic feeling and disregarding it as the first step toward ...
... course , and which enables a work to elevate , rav- ish , and transport ( qui fait qu'un ouvrage enleve , ravit , transport ) " -- thus limiting wonder to a mere sensation or ecstatic feeling and disregarding it as the first step toward ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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