Marina Warner ist eine britische Autorin, deren Werk sich hauptsächlich mit Feminismus und Mythos befasst. Ihre Sachbücher erforschen die tiefen Wurzeln mythischer Erzählungen und deren gesellschaftliche Auswirkungen. Warner beleuchtet zeitgenössische Themen durch die Brille alter Mythen und untersucht, wie diese Archetypen unser Weltverständnis prägen. Ihre Schriften bieten tiefe Einblicke in zeitlose menschliche Ängste und Sehnsüchte, wie sie sich in Mythen verschiedener Kulturen widerspiegeln.
Exploring the concept of sanctuary, this book delves into its significance for individuals facing desperate circumstances today, while also reflecting on historical contexts of refuge and displacement. It intertwines literary and mythological canons, offering a profound examination of how these themes resonate across time and cultures. Through this lens, the narrative reveals the complexities of seeking safety and belonging in a world marked by turmoil.
Art writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity, and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues author Marina Warner in this new anthology. Here, some of Warner’s most compelling writing captures the visual experience of the work of a diverse group of artists—with a notable focus on the inner lives of women—through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude in their work. Warner vividly describes this imagery, covering the connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, the Catholicism of Damien Hirst, performance as a medium of memory in the installations of Joan Jonas, and more. Rather than drawing on connoisseurship, Warner’s approach grows principally out of anthropology and mythology. Accompanied by illustrations of the works being described, Marina Warner’s writing unites the imagination of artist, writer, and reader, creating a reading experience that parallels the intrinsic pleasure of looking at art. This book will appeal to any student of art history, those interested in philosophy, feminism, and more generally in the humanities.
The Cahiers Series continues its exploration of translation in all its aspects with this account by renowned writer and academic Marine Warner of what happened to time during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. She recounts how strangely her days and weeks passed, in this highly personal account of a response to lockdown in which she delves into her experience of Catholic convent schools for some clues as to how each day might be marked as significant. She discusses missals, almanacs, Roman and Revolutionary calendars, developing her thoughts into what amounts almost to a manifesto for a new way of rendering each day different, memorable, human. Her text is accompanied by a further response to lockdown, by the Greek photographer Dimitris Kleanthis, whose haunting images somehow make visible the suspension and acceleration of time experienced by so many, while also hinting at how, to the eye that is acute enough, there may always be an event taking place.
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"Esmond and Ilia follows Marina Warner's beautiful, penniless young mother Ilia as she leaves southern Italy in 1945 to travel alone to London. Her husband, an English colonel, is still away in the war in the East as she begins to learn how to be Mrs. Esmond Warner, an Englishwoman. With diamond rings on her fingers and brogues on her feet, Ilia steps fearlessly into the world of cricket and riding. But, without prospect of work in a bleak, war-ravaged England, Esmond remembers the glorious ease of Cairo during his periods of leave from the desert campaign. There, they start a bookshop, a branch of W. H. Smith's. But growing resistance to foreign interests, especially British, erupts in the 1952 uprising, and the Cairo Fire burns the city clean. Evocative and imaginative, at once historical and speculative, this memoir powerfully resurrects the fraught union and unrequited hopes of Warner's parents. Memory intertwines richly with myth, the river Lethe feeling as real as the Nile. Vivid recollections of Cairo swirl with ever-present dreams of a city where Warner's parents, friends, and associates are still restlessly wandering"-- Provided by publisher
A luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile. 'Wonderful - a brave, inventive, touching distillation of memory and imagination' JENNY UGLOW
A luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile.'Wonderful - a brave, inventive, touching distillation of memory and imagination' JENNY UGLOW
In the late seventeenth century, Robert Kirk, an Episcopalian minister in the Scottish Highlands, sought to gather his parishioners' captivating tales of elves, fairies, fauns, doppelgängers, wraiths, and other beings that he described as "a middle nature betwixt man and angel." Kirk viewed these stories as compelling evidence of a supernatural realm existing alongside our own, which he believed warranted exploration as much as the New World. He articulated these views in The Secret Commonwealth, an essay left in manuscript form at his death in 1692. This rare work blends science, religion, and folklore, infused with the curiosity and wonder reminiscent of Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy and Sir Thomas Browne's writings. The Secret Commonwealth stands out not only as a significant document in the history of ideas but also as a captivating study of enchantment. First published in 1815 by Sir Walter Scott and later reedited in 1893 by Andrew Lang, it has been hard to find, often available only in scholarly editions. The new edition modernizes Kirk's spelling and punctuation and includes a comprehensive introduction by critic and historian Marina Warner, highlighting Kirk's unique contributions and the enduring presence of fairies in contemporary thought.
Review from previous edition the book is an enchanted material object, and reading a journey toward knowledge and wisdom. Gramayre
Long-listed for the 2016 Edge Hill Short Story PrizeFly Away Home is Marina Warner's third - and eagerly-awaited - collection of short stories. Inspired by fairy tales, legends, and mythology, this timeless selection explores the themes of love and war - in families, and between generations.In 'Mélusine' a gorgeous mermaid encounters disaster in love and visits her aunt, Morgan le Fay, to pour out her woes ; in 'Breadcrumbs' a hospital patient overhears a night nurse recounting an extraordinary tale of family torn apart under terrifying circumstances. 'Out of the Burning House' introduces an elderly actor recalling an unusual case of heartbreak at the hands of a TV personality; in 'The Difference in the Dose' a young mother becomes increasingly anxious about the rift between herself and her adoptive mother. And in 'Letter to an Unknown Soldier' a thirteen year-old girl writes a heartrending second letter to an older brother away at war, having had no reply to her first...Like her award-winning novels, Marina Warner's stories conjure up mysteries and wonders in a physical world, treading a delicate, magical line between the natural and the supernatural, between openness and fear. An elegant mix of the poignant, the caustic, and the bizarre, Fly Away Home will be treasured by fans and new readers alike.
