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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... tion . Adams ' remarks on Homer , then , implicitly comment on Fielding's art . Just as Adams notes the difference between the ripened wisdom of Nestor and the cunning of Ulysses , Fielding too distinguishes between the true wisdom and ...
... tion . Adams ' remarks on Homer , then , implicitly comment on Fielding's art . Just as Adams notes the difference between the ripened wisdom of Nestor and the cunning of Ulysses , Fielding too distinguishes between the true wisdom and ...
Page 108
... tion , and envy , of all the bold and hard- ened.4 " I In short , this perversion of heroism , this separa- tion of goodness from greatness leads to the equa- tion of evil with good , of ugliness with beauty , of the worst with the best ...
... tion , and envy , of all the bold and hard- ened.4 " I In short , this perversion of heroism , this separa- tion of goodness from greatness leads to the equa- tion of evil with good , of ugliness with beauty , of the worst with the best ...
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... tion . In showing how divine Providence works in diverse , irregular ways , operating through the fickleness of Fortune in all her different moods , using every species of man from the great All- worthy to the lowly Merry- Andrew as ...
... tion . In showing how divine Providence works in diverse , irregular ways , operating through the fickleness of Fortune in all her different moods , using every species of man from the great All- worthy to the lowly Merry- Andrew as ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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Copyright | |
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