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 138
... light on his children , his relations , friends and nearest acquaintance.29 However , Amelia's profound good - nature expresses itself in more covert and more heroic ways than the visible love of husband , family , and friends . Doing ...
... light on his children , his relations , friends and nearest acquaintance.29 However , Amelia's profound good - nature expresses itself in more covert and more heroic ways than the visible love of husband , family , and friends . Doing ...
Page 168
... light , and the darkness of super- stition , which is pure unrelieved obscurity . Likewise , the ignorance of one who wonders as the first step toward philosophy needs to be differen- tiated from the ignorance of the credulous person ...
... light , and the darkness of super- stition , which is pure unrelieved obscurity . Likewise , the ignorance of one who wonders as the first step toward philosophy needs to be differen- tiated from the ignorance of the credulous person ...
Page 207
... light , color , and familiarity -- the locus of the sublime for Fielding . It is only brilliant , blinding light -- such as the scorching sun of sum- mer , a thunderbolt , or an eclipse -- that consti- tutes the sublime in the ...
... light , color , and familiarity -- the locus of the sublime for Fielding . It is only brilliant , blinding light -- such as the scorching sun of sum- mer , a thunderbolt , or an eclipse -- that consti- tutes the sublime in the ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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