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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... says in Discourse 6 , " The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock " ( p . 77 ) . Artis- tic genius , originality in the sense of inventio , requires all available knowledge before it begins to operate : it needs the ...
... says in Discourse 6 , " The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock " ( p . 77 ) . Artis- tic genius , originality in the sense of inventio , requires all available knowledge before it begins to operate : it needs the ...
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... says in Joseph Andrews ( p . 91 , Bk . II , ch . i ) : er . And in these inscriptions I have been as faithful as possible , not imitating the celebrated Montaigne , who promises you one thing and gives you another ; nor some title ...
... says in Joseph Andrews ( p . 91 , Bk . II , ch . i ) : er . And in these inscriptions I have been as faithful as possible , not imitating the celebrated Montaigne , who promises you one thing and gives you another ; nor some title ...
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... say with the Schoolmen that the form is in things the proper principle of in- telligibility , is to say at the same time that it is the proper principle of mystery . ( There is in fact no mystery where there is noth- ing to know ...
... say with the Schoolmen that the form is in things the proper principle of in- telligibility , is to say at the same time that it is the proper principle of mystery . ( There is in fact no mystery where there is noth- ing to know ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
20 | 80 |
Copyright | |
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