Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights - Couverture rigide

Warner, Marina

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674055306 ISBN 13 : 9780674055308

Editeur : Belknap Pr, 2012

Synopsis

Charmed States and the Arabian Nights

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Quatrième de couverture

‘Wonderful... This is a flying carpet of a book’ Jeanette Winterson

Magic is not simply a matter of the occult arts, but a whole way of thinking, of dreaming the impossible. The supreme fiction of magical thinking is the Arabian Nights, with its flying carpets, hidden treasure and sudden revelations. As part of her exploration into the prophetic enchantments of the Nights, Marina Warner retells some of the most wonderful and lesser-known stories. She explores the figure of the dark magician or magus, from Solomon to the wicked uncle in ‘Aladdin’; the complex vitality of the genies or jinn; and animal metamorphoses. With startling originality and impeccable research, this groundbreaking book shows how magic, in the deepest sense, helped to create the modern world, and how profoundly it is still inscribed in the way we think today.

‘An exuberantly clever investigation of the role of magic in the way we think’ Independent

‘A wide-ranging, erudite, wondrously polymathic exploration of the tales of magic... Warner, too is a beguiling storyteller: her fascination with true knowledge embedded in realms of wonder’ Iain Finlayson, The Times

‘This beautifully illustrated book, part retelling, part analysis, is a wonderful companion to some of the most marvellous stories ever told’ Michael Kerrigan, Scotsman

‘An extraordinarily rich and elegant lesson in cultural involution... The product of Warner’s meticulous research is a weighty volume that feels airborne on every page’ Brian Dillon, Irish Times

Présentation de l'éditeur

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2012
WINNER OF THE TRUMAN CAPOTE AWARD 2013
WINNER OF THE SHEIKH ZAYED BOOK AWARD 2013

Magic is not simply a matter of the occult arts, but a whole way of thinking, of dreaming the impossible. The supreme fiction of magical thinking is the Arabian Nights, with its flying carpets, hidden treasure and sudden revelations.

As part of her exploration into the prophetic enchantments of the Nights, Marina Warner retells some of the most wonderful and lesser-known stories. She explores the figure of the dark magician or magus, from Solomon to the wicked uncle in 'Aladdin'; the complex vitality of the genies or jinn; and animal metamorphoses.

With startling originality and impeccable research, this groundbreaking book shows how magic, in the deepest sense, helped to create the modern world, and how profoundly it is still inscribed in the way we think today.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Belknap Pr
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674055306
• ISBN 13: 9780674055308
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 540
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible