Stranger magic charmed states and The Arabian nights
Our foremost theorist of myth, fairytale, and folktale explores the magical realm of the imagination where carpets fly and genies grant prophetic wishes. Stranger Magic examines the profound impact of the Arabian Nights on the West, the progressive exoticization of magic, and the growing acceptance...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2012.
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| Summary: | Our foremost theorist of myth, fairytale, and folktale explores the magical realm of the imagination where carpets fly and genies grant prophetic wishes. Stranger Magic examines the profound impact of the Arabian Nights on the West, the progressive exoticization of magic, and the growing acceptance of myth and magic in contemporary experience. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 540 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-516) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674055308 (alk. paper) 0674055306 (alk. paper) |
