Marina Warner  

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Marina Sarah Warner, CBE, FBA (born 9 November 1946 in London, England) is a British novelist, short story writer, historian and mythographer. She is known for her many non-fiction books relating to feminism and myth. She is currently Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex.

Bibliography

• The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi 1835-1908 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972)
• Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary[1] (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976) ISBN 0-330-28771-0
• In a Dark Wood (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977)
• Queen Victoria Sketch Book (Macmillan, 1979)
• The Crack in the Tea-Cup: Britain in the 20th Century (André Deutsch, 1979)
• Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1981)
• The Impossible Day (Methuen, 1981)
• The Impossible Night (Methuen, 1981)
• The Impossible Bath (Methuen, 1982)
• The Impossible Rocket (Methuen, 1982)
• The Skating Party (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982)
• The Wobbly Tooth (André Deutsch, 1984)
• Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985)
• The Lost Father (Chatto & Windus, 1988)
• Into the Dangerous World (Chatto & Windus, 1989)
• Imagining a Democratic Culture (Charter 88, 1991)
• Indigo (Chatto & Windus, 1992)
• L'Atalante (British Film Institute, 1993)
• Mermaids in the Basement (Chatto & Windus, 1993)
• Richard Wentworth (Thames & Hudson, 1993)
• From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers (Chatto & Windus, 1994)
• Managing Monsters: Six Myths of Our Time (Reith Lectures) (Vintage, 1994)
• Wonder Tales: Six Stories of Enchantment (editor) (Chatto & Windus, 1994)
• Six Myths Of Our Time: Little Angels, Little Monsters, Beautiful Beasts, and More (New York: Vintage Books, 1995)
• Donkey Business Donkey Work: Magic and Metamorphoses in Contemporary Opera (University of Wales, 1996)
• The Inner Eye: Art beyond the Visible (National Touring Exhibitions, 1996)
• No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling and Making Mock (Chatto & Windus, 1998)
• The Leto Bundle (Chatto & Windus, 2001)
• Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds (Oxford University Press, 2002)
• Murderers I Have Known and Other Stories (Chatto & Windus, 2002)
• Collected Poems by Sally Purcell: (preface) (Anvil Press, 2002)
• Signs & Wonders: Essays on Literature and Culture (Chatto & Windus, 2003)
• Phantasmagoria (Oxford University Press, 2006)
• Stranger Magic: Charmed States & The Arabian Nights (Chatto & Windus, 2011)
• The Symbol Gives Rise to Thought (Violette Editions, 2013)