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003 OCoLC;

005 20141212053234.0;

008 111209s2012 maua b 001 0 eng ;

010 a| 2011047124;

020 a| 9780674055308 (alk. paper);

020 a| 0674055306 (alk. paper);

035 a| (Sirsi) 40021981134;

035 a| 40021981134;

035 a| (OCoLC)758383788;

050 00 a| PJ7737b| .W37 2012;

082 00 a| 398.222| 22;

100 1 a| Warner, Marina,d| 1946-=| ^A84409;

245 10 a| Stranger magic :b| charmed states and The Arabian nights /c| Marina Warner.;

260 a| Cambridge, MA :b| Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,c| 2012.;

300 a| xx, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-516) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Pt. I. Solomon the wise king -- Pt. II. Dark arts; strange Gods -- Pt. III. Active goods -- Pt. IV. Oriental masquerades -- Pt. V. Flights of reason -- Conclusion : 'All the story of the night told over ...'.;

520 a| 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.;

630 00 a| Arabian nightsx| Influence.=| ^A56856;

650 0 a| Magic in literature.=| ^A88749;

650 0 a| Myth in literature.=| ^A35815;

650 0 a| Orientalism.=| ^A461360;

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Stranger magic : charmed states and The Arabian nights / Marina Warner.

Author/creator	Warner, Marina, 1946-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
Description	xx, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects	Arabian nights--Influence. Magic in literature. Myth in literature. Orientalism.

Contents	Introduction -- Pt. I. Solomon the wise king -- Pt. II. Dark arts; strange Gods -- Pt. III. Active goods -- Pt. IV. Oriental masquerades -- Pt. V. Flights of reason -- Conclusion : 'All the story of the night told over ...'.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-516) and index.
LCCN	2011047124
ISBN	9780674055308 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0674055306 (alk. paper)

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