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STRANGER MAGIC
CHARMED STATES AND THE ARABIAN NIGHTS |
| By: |
Marina Warner |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£18.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674065077 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674065079 |
| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2012 |
| Pages: |
560 |
| Description: |
Our foremost theorist of myth, fairytale, and folktale explores the magical realm of the imagination where carpets fly and genies grant prophetic wishes. Stranger Magic examines the profound impact of the Arabian Nights on the West, the progressive exoticization of magic, and the growing acceptance of myth and magic in contemporary experience. |
| Synopsis: |
Our foremost theorist of myth, fairytale, and folktale explores the magical realm of the imagination where carpets fly and genies grant prophetic wishes. Stranger Magic examines the profound impact of the Arabian Nights on the West, the progressive exoticization of magic, and the growing acceptance of myth and magic in contemporary experience. |
| Illustrations: |
25 color illustrations, 55 halftones |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |