Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-497) and index.
Contents
I. The topography of wonder -- II. The properties of things -- III. Wonder among the philosophers -- IV. Marvelous particulars -- V. Monsters: a case study -- VI. Strange facts -- VII. Wonders of art, wonders of nature -- VIII. The passions of inquiry -- IX. The enlightenment and the anti-marvelous.
