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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... moral instruction . moral lesson taught by the folly of the falsely prudent characters needs no comment . False pru- dence invites bad luck , which enters through the " unguarded opening " in the game of chess they play with life ...
... moral instruction . moral lesson taught by the folly of the falsely prudent characters needs no comment . False pru- dence invites bad luck , which enters through the " unguarded opening " in the game of chess they play with life ...
Page 75
... moral theory such as " virtue rewarded " or follow the neo - classical decorum of poetic justice . As R. S. Crane said in his famous essay on the plot of Tom Jones , " We are not disposed to feel , when we are done laughing at Tom ...
... moral theory such as " virtue rewarded " or follow the neo - classical decorum of poetic justice . As R. S. Crane said in his famous essay on the plot of Tom Jones , " We are not disposed to feel , when we are done laughing at Tom ...
Page 79
... moral un- fitness . ( p . 164 , Bk . V , ch . ii ) . Neither one sees the form of love that is camouflaged in these incidents . Thwackum notices only the visible pun- ishment of Tom's broken arm . Square , on the other hand , ignores ...
... moral un- fitness . ( p . 164 , Bk . V , ch . ii ) . Neither one sees the form of love that is camouflaged in these incidents . Thwackum notices only the visible pun- ishment of Tom's broken arm . Square , on the other hand , ignores ...
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ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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