Six Myths of Our Time by Marina Warner

Six Myths of Our Time by Marina Warner

Is Jurassic Park a work of covert misogynist propaganda? Does romanticizing childhood lead to abusing children? What secret correspondence links Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to video games and Shakespeare's Caliban to Hannibal Lecter? in what ways do our culture's most hallowed legends inform the current debates over single mothers, the men's movement, and animal rights?

In these six dazzlingly intelligent and provocative essays, the distinguished English novelist and critic Marina Warner weaves classical mythology, pop culture, and today's headlines into a potent work of cultural criticism that is both unsettling and entertaining. Ranging from Medeato Thelma and Louise and from myths of cannibalism to the politics of rape, Six Myths of Our Time is at once a celebration of the enduring power of fable and a welcome antidote to its more virulent manifestations in our public life.

Marina Warner is a novelist, critic, and cultural historian. Indigo and The Lost Father (winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize) are two of her novels, as well as Mermaids in the Basement, a collection of short tales. Alone of All Her Sex, Monuments and Maidens, Joan of Arc, From the Beast to the Blonde, No Go The Bogeyman, and Managing Monsters (1994 Reith Lectures) are among her notable nonfiction works.

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ISBN 13	9780679759249
ISBN 10	0679759247
Title	Six Myths of Our Time
Author	Marina Warner
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1995-01-31
Number of pages	160
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