Monsters of Our Own Making

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Monsters of Our Own Making

Author	: Marina Warner
File Size	: 43,9 Mb
Publisher	: University Press of Kentucky
Language	: English
Release Date	: 23 February 2007
ISBN	: 0813191742
Pages	: 470 pages

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Monsters of Our Own Making by Marina Warner Book PDF Summary

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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