A rich feast of a volume. No one knows more about the myths, tales and large dollops of art and culture which go into the shaping of our imagination

- Lisa Appignanesi, Independent, Books of the Year

<i>No Go the Bogeyman</i> is a study of terror. It is not a book for the faint-hearted or the intellectually fragile... A fascinating and disturbing book

Sunday Telegraph

This is a writer with power to change your imagination... Startling and shocking and delightful, <i>No Go the Bogeyman</i> is a treasure trove of stories, an indispensible reference work, a compendium of cultural images

Independent

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Warner is a wonderful storyteller... Her range of references is startling... but she keeps her head and treads nimbly through, following the thread of her argument... with humane learning, wit and ease

- Gillian Beer, Daily Telegraph

Ogres, giants and bogeymen embody some of our deepest fears, dominating popular storytelling in various media, from classic fairy tales such as 'Puss in Boots' to the cannibal monster Hannibal Lecter, and from Frankenstein to Men in Black. Following her brilliant study of fairy tales, From the Beast to the Blonde, this rich, enthralling new book explores the ever-increasing presence of such figures of male terror, and the stratagems we invent to allay the monsters we conjure up.
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Ogres, giants and bogeymen embody some of our deepest fears, dominating popular storytelling in various media, from classic fairy tales such as 'Puss in Boots' to the cannibal monster Hannibal Lecter, and from Frankenstein to Men in Black.
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A rich feast of a volume. No one knows more about the myths, tales and large dollops of art and culture which go into the shaping of our imagination
'It is impossible not to be dazzled by the brilliance of Marina Warner... No Go the Bogeyman is delightful, enchanting, discursive, funny, erudite' - Guardian

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099739814
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
556 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
464

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Marina Warner is a novelist, historian and critic; her fiction includes Indigo, The Lost Father (awarded a 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. 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