Reclaiming Wonder: After the Sublime

A philosophical exploration of wonder: its history, its present condition and its future potential

Genevieve Lloyd illuminates and challenges some perplexing aspects of contemporary attitudes to wonder. Central to her argument is the claim that wonder has come to be largely eclipsed by the allure of the notion of the Sublime - a concept closely associated with Romantic Idealism.

In her path to reclaim wonder she moves between philosophical and literary sources, drawing especially on Flaubert...