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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... WONDER IN AMELIA · 105 IV . THE MIRACLES OF DIVINE PROVI- DENCE : GOD AS THE SOURCE OF WONDER . 147 A. Introduction 147 B. Science 161 · C. Religion 167 · D. History 182 V. CONCLUSION : FIELDING'S MARVEL- LOUS AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ...
... WONDER IN AMELIA · 105 IV . THE MIRACLES OF DIVINE PROVI- DENCE : GOD AS THE SOURCE OF WONDER . 147 A. Introduction 147 B. Science 161 · C. Religion 167 · D. History 182 V. CONCLUSION : FIELDING'S MARVEL- LOUS AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ...
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... Wonder " so aptly illustrates , the epoch that saw the eclipse of the traditional idea of wonder ( " wonder as the beginning of philosophy " ) also saw the rise of pseudo wonder , the false sublime , as well as the return of the stoic ...
... Wonder " so aptly illustrates , the epoch that saw the eclipse of the traditional idea of wonder ( " wonder as the beginning of philosophy " ) also saw the rise of pseudo wonder , the false sublime , as well as the return of the stoic ...
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... wonder , not in a tone of certainty --wonder in the traditional sense of being in sus- pense as to the cause , being unable to explain completely the surprising , coincidental events . In Aristotle's words , " And a man who is puzzled ...
... wonder , not in a tone of certainty --wonder in the traditional sense of being in sus- pense as to the cause , being unable to explain completely the surprising , coincidental events . In Aristotle's words , " And a man who is puzzled ...
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