No Go the Bogeyman - Couverture rigide

Warner, M

 
9780701165932: No Go the Bogeyman
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ISBN 10 : 0701165936 ISBN 13 : 9780701165932
Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 1998

Synopsis

Ogres and giants, bogeymen and bugaboos embody some of our deepest fears, dominating popular fiction, from tales such as 'Jack the Giant Killer' to the cannibal monster Hannibal Lecter, from the Titans of Greek mythology to the dinosaurs of JURASSIC PARK, from Frankenstein TO MEN IN BLACK. Following her brilliant study of fairy tales, FROM THE BEAST TO THE BLONDE, Marina Warner's rich, enthralling new book explores the ever increasing presence of such figures of male terror, and the strategems we invent to allay the monsters we conjure up -from horror stories to lullabies and jokes. Travelling from ogres to cradle songs, from bananas to cannibals, Warner traces the roots of our commonest anxieties, unravelling with vigorous intelligence, creative originality and relish, the myths and fears which define our sensibilites. Illustrated with a wealth of images - from the beautiful and the bizarre to the downright scary -this is a tour de force of scholarship and imagination.

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À propos de l'auteur

Marina Warner spent her early years in Cairo, and was educated at a convent in Berkshire, and then in Brussels and London, before studying modern languages at Oxford. She is an internationally acclaimed cultural historian, critic, novelist and short story writer. Her non-fiction works include The Beast to the Blonde, No Go the Bogeyman, Fantastic Metamorphoses and Stranger Magic, while her fiction includes the novels The Lost Father (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), Indigo and The Leto Bundle, and short story collections including Murderers I Have Known. She lectures widely in Europe, the United States and the Middle East and was appointed CBE in 2008.

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Éditeur
Chatto & Windus
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0701165936
ISBN 13 
9780701165932
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
448
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780374223014: No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0374223017 ISBN 13 :  9780374223014
Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999
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