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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Mitchell Kalpakgian. CHAPTER III THE HEROIC AND THE MARVELLOUS : VIRTUE OR MAGNANIMITY AS A SOURCE OF WONDER IN AMELIA " I do not remember a more noble senti- ment preserved to us in the records ... MAGNANIMITY AS SOURCE OF WONDER IN AMELIA.
Mitchell Kalpakgian. CHAPTER III THE HEROIC AND THE MARVELLOUS : VIRTUE OR MAGNANIMITY AS A SOURCE OF WONDER IN AMELIA " I do not remember a more noble senti- ment preserved to us in the records ... MAGNANIMITY AS SOURCE OF WONDER IN AMELIA.
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... magnanimity . The novel shows how folly , corruption , and depravity are often honored with the title of " great " or encouraged by the prize of the reward ; Amelia also portrays how merit , ser- vice , and virtue are not given their ...
... magnanimity . The novel shows how folly , corruption , and depravity are often honored with the title of " great " or encouraged by the prize of the reward ; Amelia also portrays how merit , ser- vice , and virtue are not given their ...
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... magnanimity to poverty and hence fail to grasp the paradox of Christian heroism -- greatness in the form of lowliness . In another minor episode Fielding offers a similar kind of social criticism . Just as Booth , in the incident ...
... magnanimity to poverty and hence fail to grasp the paradox of Christian heroism -- greatness in the form of lowliness . In another minor episode Fielding offers a similar kind of social criticism . Just as Booth , in the incident ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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