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'). |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 40
Page 87
... mind . In a letter he writes , " and if there be no way left to reconcile your father , and restore_the peace to your own mind , but by abandoning me , I conjure you , drive me for ever from your thoughts Yet " ( p . 749 , Bk . XVI , ch ...
... mind . In a letter he writes , " and if there be no way left to reconcile your father , and restore_the peace to your own mind , but by abandoning me , I conjure you , drive me for ever from your thoughts Yet " ( p . 749 , Bk . XVI , ch ...
Page 212
... mind , to ex- press the effect either of simple fear or of astonishment ; the word attonitus ( thunderstruck ) is equally expressive of the alliance of these ideas ; and do not the French etonnement and the English as- tonishment and ...
... mind , to ex- press the effect either of simple fear or of astonishment ; the word attonitus ( thunderstruck ) is equally expressive of the alliance of these ideas ; and do not the French etonnement and the English as- tonishment and ...
Page 213
... mind conflicts with the Aristotelian notion , where idea is a synonym for form or essence -- a perennial truth or eternal principle of intelligibility , the concrete univer- sal which the mind contemplates or wonders at in a state of ...
... mind conflicts with the Aristotelian notion , where idea is a synonym for form or essence -- a perennial truth or eternal principle of intelligibility , the concrete univer- sal which the mind contemplates or wonders at in a state of ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
20 | 80 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
admiration Allworthy Allworthy's estate Amelia ancients Aristotle beauty biographer Blifil Boethius Booth Burke cardinal virtue cause chapter characters charity Christian magnanimity Cibber cites classical Colonel James Consolation of Philosophy critics dence deus ex machina divine duel eighteenth century epic evil example fame felix culpa Fielding Fielding's novels Fitzpatrick folly Fortune glory God's good-nature Gulliver's Travels happiness harmony Harrison Heart free hero historian honor human nature humility imitation Jacques Maritain Jonathan Wild Jones Joseph Andrews justice Lady Booby Likewise lord luck man's Marvellous mind Monstrous moral mystery Nature's ness noble notion Pamela Parson Adams Philosophy play poet praise Preface Providence quote reveals right reason Robinson Crusoe sense Sophia Squire Struldbrugs sublime things tion Tom Jones Tom's travel literature true sublime truth ture Univ VIII virtue rewarded Wild's Wilson wisdom wise woman wonder words writes York