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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... evil . The interlude of Tom's convalescence is a bittersweet , neither all evil or all good as Thwackum and Square respec- tively interpret it . According to Thwackum , Tom's broken arm signifies God's divine punishment : " that he ...
... evil . The interlude of Tom's convalescence is a bittersweet , neither all evil or all good as Thwackum and Square respec- tively interpret it . According to Thwackum , Tom's broken arm signifies God's divine punishment : " that he ...
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... ( evil ) an even greater happiness ( good ) than a stranger's hospitality ensues . For as an indi- rect result and as ... evil shall produce , And evil turn to good ; more wonderful Then that which by creation first brought forth Light out ...
... ( evil ) an even greater happiness ( good ) than a stranger's hospitality ensues . For as an indi- rect result and as ... evil shall produce , And evil turn to good ; more wonderful Then that which by creation first brought forth Light out ...
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... evil . When Burke in the Philosophical Enquiry re- lates sublimity to violence , dread , and pain , he too approaches the identification of sublimity with evil . Fielding , on the other hand , associ- ates virtue and beauty as two ...
... evil . When Burke in the Philosophical Enquiry re- lates sublimity to violence , dread , and pain , he too approaches the identification of sublimity with evil . Fielding , on the other hand , associ- ates virtue and beauty as two ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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Copyright | |
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