Stranger Magic
Author | : Marina Warner |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 577 |
Release | : 2012-03-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674065079 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674065077 |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Download or read book Stranger Magic written by Marina Warner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-03 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.