Monsters of Our Own Making

Monsters of Our Own Making The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear

Paperback (28 Feb 2007)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780813191744
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Pub date:
DEWEY: 700.453
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 441
Weight: 726g
Height: 156mm
Width: 231mm
Spine width: 35mm