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Author:

Warner, Marina, 1946-

Title:

Stranger magic : charmed states and The Arabian nights / Marina Warner.

Publisher:

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xx, 540 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Arabian nights--Influence.
Magic in literature.
Myth in literature.
Orientalism.

Notes:

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

Contents:

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 ...'

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.

ISBN:

0674055306 (alk. paper)
9780674055308 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)758383788

LCCN:

2011047124

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)