No Go the Bogeyman. Scaring, Lulling and Making Mock.

Warner, Marina.

ISBN 10: 0701165936 / ISBN 13: 9780701165932

Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1998

About this Item

Dustwrapper, pp.xii, 435. Illustrated. An exploration of male figure induced terror in ghost stories, horror stories and films, art and literature. The study ranges across time as well as location, thus invoking a wealth of compelling illustrations. Very slight edge wear to wrapper top edge else a crisp and bright copy. Fine in very near fine wrapper. A heavy book weighing c1400g when suitably parcelled, thus exceeding the default weight of 1000g for the postage quotation, and invoking a request for the extra postage at cost at time of order ( or can be supplied on request ) if to be sent overseas or by UK 1st class post ( 2nd class Uk post not affected ).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: No Go the Bogeyman. Scaring, Lulling and Making Mock.
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701165936
• ISBN 13: 9780701165932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Hardcover in very good condition. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A few tiny marks on the page block face. Pages are clean and sound, with clear text and images throughout. CM

Review

Having previously examined the role of women in fairy tales in From the Beast to the Blonde, Marina Warner now sets out on an equally eclectic study that was originally supposed to be about men, but instead became a treatise on the grotesque. Taking on everything from Zeus to Bluebeard, from Punch to the Teletubbies, she examines the ways in which we give voice to our fears in order to master--and even mock--them. In that light, her sections on the modern cultural transformation of children themselves into "little monsters" should prove quite interesting to readers of Joseph Campbell and other scholars who take erudite approaches to pop and folk culture.