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Overview'A dazzling performance. This hefty collection must confirm Warner's reputation as one of the finest literary and intellectual minds at work in Britain' Caryl Phillips Since the early 1970s, Marina Warner has been one of the most challenging, subtle and profound commentators on the culture of past and present, unravelling our webs of images, ideas and beliefs, and making new and provocative connections. This resonant collection draws together essays written over twenty-five years, offering a wide-ranging retrospective of her developing ideas. Whether writing on Vietnam, Mrs Thatcher, the dollar sign and the twin towers, Queen Elizabeth I and incest, weeping Madonnas, zombies or fairytales, Marian Warner displays a rare gift for blending historical and anthropological insights with deft and perceptive readings on individual works. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marina WarnerPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9780099437727ISBN 10: 0099437724 Pages: 528 Publication Date: 07 October 2004 Recommended Age: From 0 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsMarina Warner's essays and lectures reveal a consistently honest and agile mind preoccupied with the powerful controlling fictions of our lives * Observer * She's a weaver of enchantments, each sentence a silken knot charming you further into her web of meanings * Independent on Sunday * Clever, witty, erudite and, above all, usefully explanatory, these signs and wonders are a literary cabinet of curiosities for our sadly desultory times -- Alberto Manguel * Sunday Times * As a leading explorer of a largely unchartered territory, Marina Warner is an impressive, inspiring but never intimidating guide -- Peter Stanford * Independent * She is a terrific writer and an original scholar -- Victoria Glendinning * Daily Telegraph * She is a terrific writer and an original scholar -- Victoria Glendinning * Daily Telegraph * As a leading explorer of a largely unchartered territory, Marina Warner is an impressive, inspiring but never intimidating guide -- Peter Stanford * Independent * Clever, witty, erudite and, above all, usefully explanatory, these signs and wonders are a literary cabinet of curiosities for our sadly desultory times -- Alberto Manguel * Sunday Times * She's a weaver of enchantments, each sentence a silken knot charming you further into her web of meanings * Independent on Sunday * Marina Warner's essays and lectures reveal a consistently honest and agile mind preoccupied with the powerful controlling fictions of our lives * Observer * Any reader of a collection of essays must wonder whether to read them in order. Signs of subversion, too, are ever-present in Marina Warner's essays, challenging some of the received ideas and beliefs of history and now, along with their supporting imagery. For instance, to her, the dollar sign represents a physical gateway for opportunity as well as a favourable currency, the twin towers and weeping Madonna a means to a political end giving consolation and control. Warner has spent twenty-five years writing essays and what she continues to expose is the tension between history and story. What she tells us is that literature is prophetic and never immediate, while history is always a learning curve. So these are essays any reader must keep returning to for their particular slant of truth. (Kirkus UK) Marina Warner's essays and lectures reveal a consistently honest and agile mind preoccupied with the powerful controlling fictions of our lives Observer She's a weaver of enchantments, each sentence a silken knot charming you further into her web of meanings Independent on Sunday Clever, witty, erudite and, above all, usefully explanatory, these signs and wonders are a literary cabinet of curiosities for our sadly desultory times -- Alberto Manguel Sunday Times As a leading explorer of a largely unchartered territory, Marina Warner is an impressive, inspiring but never intimidating guide -- Peter Stanford Independent She is a terrific writer and an original scholar -- Victoria Glendinning Daily Telegraph Author InformationMarina 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. From her early books on the Virgin Mary and Joan of Arc, to her bestselling studies of fairy tales and folk stories, From the Beast to the Blonde and No Go the Bogeyman, her work has explored different figures in myth and fairy tale and the art and literature they have inspired. She lectures widely in Europe, the United States and the Middle East, and is currently Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex. She was appointed CBE in 2008. www.marinawarner.com Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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