{"product_id":"marvelous-possessions-stephen-greenblatt-9780226525044","title":"Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World","description":"A masterwork of history and cultural studies, \u003ci\u003eMarvelous Possessions\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant meditation on the interconnected ways in which Europeans of the Age of Discovery represented non-European peoples and took possession of their lands, particularly in the New World. In a series of innovative readings of travel narratives, judicial documents, and official reports, Stephen Greenblatt shows that the experience of the marvelous, central to both art and philosophy, was manipulated by Columbus and others in the service of colonial appropriation. Much more than simply a collection of the odd and exotic, \u003ci\u003eMarvelous Possessions \u003c\/i\u003eis both a highly original extension of Greenblatt's thinking on a subject that has permeated his career and a thrilling tale of wandering, kidnapping, and go-betweens--of daring improvisation, betrayal, and violence. Reaching back to the ancient Greeks, forward to the present, and, in his new preface, even to fantastical meetings between humans and aliens in movies like \u003ci\u003eClose Encounters of the Third Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, Greenblatt would have us ask: How is it possible, in a time of disorientation, hatred of the other, and possessiveness, to keep the capacity for wonder--for tolerant recognition of cultural difference--from being poisoned?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Greenblatt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022652504X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226525044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Stephen Greenblatt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994076446975,"sku":"9780226525044","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a701be9-fa66-4348-8251-f6cb9299f822.jpg?v=1683327994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marvelous-possessions-stephen-greenblatt-9780226525044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}