Marina Warner Boeken

In "De enige onder de vrouwen" gaat historica Marina Warner in op de oorsprong van de Mariaverering. Zij bespreekt de fabelds, de leugens en de kerkelijke machinaties die uitiendelijk leidden tot het beeld van Maria zoals dat ook nu nog in de katholieke kerk wordt vereerd. Met een scherp oog voor de beeldende kunst en steunend op een uitnemende theologische kennis schetst Marina Warner de verschijningsvormen van Maria: die van maagd, van koningin, van bruid, van moeder, en tenslotte van bemiddelares. Dit boek is niet alleen een geschiedenis van Maria, het is tegelijk ook een cultuurhistorische studie over het beeld van de vrouw in de christelijke wereld door de eeuwen heen.

Shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances and why for all their beauty and power,the legends of Mary have condemned real women to perpetual inferiority.

A fascinating study of the symbolism of Joan of Arc in her own time and ever since in literature, politics, on the stage, and on screen.

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This brilliant and timely study looks beyond the Freudian interpretation of fairy tales, to the tellers of the tales, and to the social and cutural contexts in which the tales are told and re-told through the centuries, from the ancient sibyls to the eighteenth-century SALONIERES, from Angela Carter to Disney. The value and enduring popularity of folk and fairy tales derives not only from their mythic significance but, crucially, from the fact that their concerns are rooted in the material world. Lively, provocative and ground-breaking, FROM THE BEAST TO THE BLONDE is Marina Warner's first major work of non-fiction since the acclaimed MONUMENTS AND MAIDENS.

Published to accompany an exhibition held Feb. 7-May 27, 2013, at the National Portrait Gallery, London; June 22-Sept. 8, 2013, at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; Oct. 28, 2013-January 19, 2014, at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.

From 1861 to 1908 a woman, the Empress Dowager Tz'u-hsi, born the daughter of a minor mandarin, held the supreme power in China. Opportunistic, ruthless, malicious, she ruled over four hundred million people. This title presents her portrait.

This collection features enchanting fairy tales by prominent women storytellers from the 17th and 18th centuries, showcasing their unique perspectives. The stories serve as passionate and sometimes proto-feminist retellings of classic tales, reflecting the authors' experiences and societal commentary. Warner's compilation highlights the creativity and ingenuity of these women, offering a fresh lens through which to view familiar narratives.

As her book shows, these stony ladies can be persuaded to yield surprisingly interesting answers' - Lorna Sage, ObserverAn entertaining and enlightening book about the relationship between allegory and female form from one of the great feminists and cultural historians of our time, Marina Warner.