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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Mitchell Kalpakgian. something great and memorable " that prompted Dante not only to write great poetry but also to want ... writes from the classical tradition of the poet as the custodian of fame , not as an heir of the Renaissance who ...
Mitchell Kalpakgian. something great and memorable " that prompted Dante not only to write great poetry but also to want ... writes from the classical tradition of the poet as the custodian of fame , not as an heir of the Renaissance who ...
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... writes in the opening chapter of Jonathan Wild , the lives of fa- mous men offer " lively examples of whatever is amiable or detestable , worthy of admiration or ab- horrence " and illustrate " the true beauty of vir- tue and deformity ...
... writes in the opening chapter of Jonathan Wild , the lives of fa- mous men offer " lively examples of whatever is amiable or detestable , worthy of admiration or ab- horrence " and illustrate " the true beauty of vir- tue and deformity ...
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... writes : he writes : " Nothing can , in fact , be more foreign to the nature of virtue than ostentation . 37 Because Richardson identifies virtue with a vain woman who always flaunts her innocence and who , in " self - approving joy ...
... writes : he writes : " Nothing can , in fact , be more foreign to the nature of virtue than ostentation . 37 Because Richardson identifies virtue with a vain woman who always flaunts her innocence and who , in " self - approving joy ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
20 | 80 |
Copyright | |
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