MONSTERS OF OUR OWN MAKING: THE PECULIAR PLEASURES OF FEAR

Author:   Reviewer Marina Warner (Writer Historian Cultural Critic and Novelist Fellow of All Souls College Oxford)
Publisher:   The University Press of Kentucky
ISBN:  

9780813191744


Pages:   453
Publication Date:   28 February 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Since the beginning of storytelling, monsters of all kinds have inhabited myths, legends, folklore, and oral traditions, and they continue to thrive amidst society's ever-increasing attraction to the thrill of experiencing fear. Today many of us seek out horror movies, read thrillers and Gothic novels, and visit haunted houses, in our endless pursuit of the macabre and exciting. In Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear, Marina Warner explores the world of bogeys from their i

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Author:   Reviewer Marina Warner (Writer Historian Cultural Critic and Novelist Fellow of All Souls College Oxford)
Publisher:   The University Press of Kentucky
Imprint:   The University Press of Kentucky
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.721kg
ISBN:  

9780813191744


ISBN 10:   0813191742
Pages:   453
Publication Date:   28 February 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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<p> This is an original and significant book that covers all aspects of culture from Greek mythology to contemporary popular culture. -- Jack Zipes, author of Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a G


This is an original and significant book that covers all aspects of culture from Greek mythology to contemporary popular culture. -- Jack Zipes, author of Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a G


--Fear is alive and well.... Warner's volume delves into the fraught relations of pleasure and pain with fear.-- -- Journal of Folklore Research


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Marina Warner is a novelist and cultural historian. Her many books include From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers and Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media. She is professor of literature, film, and theatre studies at the University of Essex and lives in London.

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