Stranger magic : Charmed States & the Arabian nights

著者

• Warner, Marina

書誌事項

Stranger magic : Charmed States & the Arabian nights

Marina Warner

Vintage Books, 2012, c2011

タイトル別名

Stranger magic : Charmed States and the Arabian nights

注記

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

内容説明・目次

内容説明

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2012 WINNER OF THE TRUMAN CAPOTE AWARD 2013 WINNER OF THE SHEIKH ZAYED BOOK AWARD 2013 Magic is not simply a matter of the occult arts, but a whole way of thinking, of dreaming the impossible. The supreme fiction of magical thinking is the Arabian Nights, with its flying carpets, hidden treasure and sudden revelations. As part of her exploration into the prophetic enchantments of the Nights, Marina Warner retells some of the most wonderful and lesser-known stories. She explores the figure of the dark magician or magus, from Solomon to the wicked uncle in 'Aladdin'; the complex vitality of the genies or jinn; and animal metamorphoses. With startling originality and impeccable research, this groundbreaking book shows how magic, in the deepest sense, helped to create the modern world, and how profoundly it is still inscribed in the way we think today.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB31135355
• ISBN:
  • 9780099437697
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xx, 540 p., [16] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 398.4
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Arabian nights -- Appreciation -- Europe
  • LCSH : Arabian nights -- Translations
  • LCSH : Tales -- Arabian peninsula -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Magic in literature
  • LCSH : Tales -- Arabian Peninsula