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 81
... reason and will , the union of the head and heart . To be , like Tom , good - hearted or good - natured , without true prudence or right reason , also untunes the soul and violates the golden mean . In both cases , either when ...
... reason and will , the union of the head and heart . To be , like Tom , good - hearted or good - natured , without true prudence or right reason , also untunes the soul and violates the golden mean . In both cases , either when ...
Page 152
... Reason at Religions sight , " 1. 10 ) , elevated the power of faith over reason , deriving religion exclusively from revelation and belittling nature8 -- Fielding does not separate reason from faith or dichotomize nature and revelation ...
... Reason at Religions sight , " 1. 10 ) , elevated the power of faith over reason , deriving religion exclusively from revelation and belittling nature8 -- Fielding does not separate reason from faith or dichotomize nature and revelation ...
Page 168
... Reason . Just as all three characters lack right reason or true prudence and hence are dominated by will or passion -- the psy- chology of voluntarism where , to use Shakespeare's phrase , " reason panders will " -- so likewise their ...
... Reason . Just as all three characters lack right reason or true prudence and hence are dominated by will or passion -- the psy- chology of voluntarism where , to use Shakespeare's phrase , " reason panders will " -- so likewise their ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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Copyright | |
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