{"product_id":"wonder-and-the-marvelous-in-alessandro-giardini-9783119145053","title":"Wonder and the Marvelous in Hellenistic Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores the concepts of wonder and the marvelous in literary and philosophical texts from the fourth and third centuries BCE. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt argues that wonder--an emotion whose distinct cognitive significance was recognized early in Greek culture--is depicted by Hellenistic writers as the defining emotion of knowledge acquired through literature. In this context, these authors use wonder as a means of engaging allusively with the relationship between knowledge, literature, and philosophy, in close dialogue with Plato's and Aristotle's theories of wonder--the earliest theoretical conceptualization of this emotion in Western culture and a key element in these philosophers' critique of literature's cognitive value.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy examining the works of Theopompus, Callimachus, Aratus, and Apollonius of Rhodes--while also considering important figures such as Xenophon, Chrysippus, and the Historians of Alexander--this book reconstructs this important cultural debate. It demonstrates how wonder functions as a literary tool to reaffirm literature's capacity to convey cognitively and ethically meaningful content, bridging a gap in modern studies on wonder - a crucial topic for understanding the history of Western civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alessandro Giardini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 311914505X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783119145053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Alessandro Giardini","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579923415295,"sku":"9783119145053","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2922cb8e-4e8d-4aad-a959-ad8c8efb7014.jpg?v=1763877599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wonder-and-the-marvelous-in-alessandro-giardini-9783119145053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}