Stranger magic : charmed states & the Arabian nights / by Marina Warner.

By:

Warner, Marina, 1946-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Vintage, 2012.Description: xx, 540 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:

9780099437697 (pbk.)
0099437694 (pbk.)

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LOC classification:

PJ77.7 .W37 2012

Summary: 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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	University of Kalba	PJ77.7 .W37 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00-1-252975

Winner of Sheikh Zayed Book Awards 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [499]-516) and index.

Originally published: London : Chatto and Windus, 2011

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

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