Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear

Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear
ISBN-10
0813191742
ISBN-13
9780813191744
Category
Social Science
Pages
441
Language
English
Published
2007-02-23
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Author
Marina Warner

Description

In Monsters of Our Own Making, Marina Warner explores the dark realm where ogres devour children and bogeymen haunt the night. She considers the enduring presence and popularity of male figures of terror, establishing their origins in mythology and their current relation to ideas about sexuality and power, youth and age.

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