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: | 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 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [499]-516) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674055306 (alk. paper) 9780674055308 (alk. paper) |