Marina Warner

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No Go the Bogeyman

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 153mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780099739814
• ISBN-10: 009973981X
• Artikelnr.: 21721941