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Six Myths of Our Time: Little Angels, Little Monsters, Beautiful Beasts, and More

Six Myths of Our Time: Little Angels, Little Monsters, Beautiful Beasts, and More

Warner, Marina

Paperback

Letters & EssaysMythology & FolkloreGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0679759247
ISBN13: 9780679759249
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Jan 31 1995
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.24 Depth: 8.04
Language: English
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.

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