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02016aam a22004098a 4500 001 A08186AA9E5311E1B4D4F9A76AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 111209s2012 mauaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011047124 020 $a 0674055306 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780674055308 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)758383788 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d NTD $d BDX $d VJK $d BWX $d SILO 050 00 $a PJ7737 $b .W37 2012 082 00 $a 398.22 $2 22 100 1 $a Warner, Marina, $d 1946- 245 1 $a Stranger magic : $b charmed states and The Arabian nights / $c Marina Warner. 260 $a Cambridge, MA : $b Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, $c 2012. 300 $a xx, 540 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Pt. I. Solomon the wise king -- Pt. II. Dark arts; strange Gods -- Pt. III. Active goods -- Pt. IV. Oriental masquerades -- Pt. V. Flights of reason -- Conclusion : 'All the story of the night told over ...' 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-516) and index. 520 $a 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. 630 00 $a Arabian nights $x Influence. 650 0 $a Magic in literature. 650 0 $a Myth in literature. 650 0 $a Orientalism. 941 $a 8 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204052131.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110034216.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605020227.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006063236.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180125034420.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150506012658.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20130809025844.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20120515011734.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A08186AA9E5311E1B4D4F9A76AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search