Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds Free Download By Marina Warner
| Title | : | Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds |
| Author | : | Marina Warner |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 284 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0199266840 |
Metamorphosis is a dynamic principle of creation, vital to natural processes of generation and evolution, growth and decay, yet it also threatens personal identity if human beings are subject to a continual process of bodily transformation Shape shifting also belongs in the landscape of magic, witchcraft, and wonder, and enlivens classical mythology, early modern fairy ta Metamorphosis is a dynamic principle of creation, vital to natural processes of generation and evolution, growth and decay, yet it also threatens personal identity if human beings are subject to a continual process of bodily transformation Shape shifting also belongs in the landscape of magic, witchcraft, and wonder, and enlivens classical mythology, early modern fairy tales and uncanny fictions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries In Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds, acclaimed novelist and critic Marina Warner explores the metaphorical power of metamorphoses in the evocation of human personality Beginning with Ovid s great poem, The Metamorphoses, as the founding text of the metamorphic tradition, she takes us on a journey of exploration, into the fantastic art of Hieronymous Bosch, the legends of the Taino people, the life cycle of the butterfly, the myth of Leda and the Swan, the genealogy of the Zombie, the pantomime of Aladdin, the haunting of doppelgangers, the coming of photography, and the late fiction of Lewis Carroll Beautifully illustrated and elegantly written, Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds is sure to appeal to all readers interested in mythology, art, and literature
about Author
Marina Sarah Warner is a British novelist, short story writer, historian and mythographer She is known for her many non fiction books relating to feminism and myth.She is a professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre at the University of Essex, and gave the Reith Lectures on the BBC in 1994 on the theme of Managing Monsters Six Myths of Our Time
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Metamorphosis is a dynamic principle of creation, vital to natural processes of generation and evolution, growth and decay, yet it also threatens pers
284 pagesMarina Warner
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