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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Page 86
... fact that the virtuous characters in Fielding's novels are rewarded or favored by Fortune and , second , the fact that Fielding abhorred the " vir- tue rewarded " platitude of Richardson and said that " in pursuing the good of others ...
... fact that the virtuous characters in Fielding's novels are rewarded or favored by Fortune and , second , the fact that Fielding abhorred the " vir- tue rewarded " platitude of Richardson and said that " in pursuing the good of others ...
Page 183
... Fact shall be barely stated , without any Prefaces , Apologies , or Rhetorical Flourishes . " Thus , piling fact upon fact in the most prosaic style , the historian relates the lineage of the Wild family tree and encompas- ses a period ...
... Fact shall be barely stated , without any Prefaces , Apologies , or Rhetorical Flourishes . " Thus , piling fact upon fact in the most prosaic style , the historian relates the lineage of the Wild family tree and encompas- ses a period ...
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... facts , details , statis- tics , and documents as the equivalent of Truth , the kind of illusion that Defoe perpetrates in his novels when he poses as the " editor of this ac- count " in the preface to Robinson Crusoe -- that is , the ...
... facts , details , statis- tics , and documents as the equivalent of Truth , the kind of illusion that Defoe perpetrates in his novels when he poses as the " editor of this ac- count " in the preface to Robinson Crusoe -- that is , the ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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