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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... play within the play , all these " polite " entertainments belong to the forces of Queen Ignorance : Queen Ignorance is landed in your realm , With a vast power from Italy and France Of singers , fiddlers , tumblers , and rope- dancers ...
... play within the play , all these " polite " entertainments belong to the forces of Queen Ignorance : Queen Ignorance is landed in your realm , With a vast power from Italy and France Of singers , fiddlers , tumblers , and rope- dancers ...
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... play , causing both delight and instruction , so too God the artist al- so combines a sense of vocation and avocation , a sense of purpose -- a general and particular provi- dence -- and a sense of play , the antics of Fortune , the ...
... play , causing both delight and instruction , so too God the artist al- so combines a sense of vocation and avocation , a sense of purpose -- a general and particular provi- dence -- and a sense of play , the antics of Fortune , the ...
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... Play ( New York : Herder and Herder , 1967 ) , p . 19. In his chapter , " The Playing of God , " Rahner cites impor ... play , is an integral aspect of the classical- Christian tradition , the philosophia perennis . 196.
... Play ( New York : Herder and Herder , 1967 ) , p . 19. In his chapter , " The Playing of God , " Rahner cites impor ... play , is an integral aspect of the classical- Christian tradition , the philosophia perennis . 196.
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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Copyright | |
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