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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... wise man . For example , in A Journey from This World to the Next , one of Julian's adventures treats of his life as a monk . Following the life of a morose recluse , Julian the monk despises all forms of play : As I was of a sour ...
... wise man . For example , in A Journey from This World to the Next , one of Julian's adventures treats of his life as a monk . Following the life of a morose recluse , Julian the monk despises all forms of play : As I was of a sour ...
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... wise fool seen in Parson Adams and Tom Jones who are wise in their practice of good - nature ( i.e. , charity , cheerfulness , sociability ) but foolish in their neglect of prudence . Instead of relegating wisdom to the solitary life of ...
... wise fool seen in Parson Adams and Tom Jones who are wise in their practice of good - nature ( i.e. , charity , cheerfulness , sociability ) but foolish in their neglect of prudence . Instead of relegating wisdom to the solitary life of ...
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... wise man gratifies every appetite and every passion while the fool sacrifices all the rest to pall and satiate one , " ( Tom Jones , p . 226 , Bk . VI , ch . iii ) ; the " conversation " or first - hand experience " with all ranks and ...
... wise man gratifies every appetite and every passion while the fool sacrifices all the rest to pall and satiate one , " ( Tom Jones , p . 226 , Bk . VI , ch . iii ) ; the " conversation " or first - hand experience " with all ranks and ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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