Marina Warner

81 books

Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary by Marina Warner, Claude Lévi-Strauss

Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary

Marina Warner, Claude Lévi-Strauss

400 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history religion challenging informative fast-paced
The Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

The Beauty and the Beast

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy mysterious fast-paced
The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan

The Book of the City of Ladies

Christine de Pizan

281 pages • first pub 1405 (editions)

fiction classics feminism historical challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Colour of Time: Garry Fabian Miller by Adam Nicolson, Marina Warner, Nigel Warburton

Colour of Time: Garry Fabian Miller

Adam Nicolson, Marina Warner, Nigel Warburton

190 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington by Kathryn Davis, Leonora Carrington, Marina Warner, Anthony Kerrigan, Kathrine Talbot

The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington

Kathryn Davis, Leonora Carrington, Marina Warner, Anthony Kerrigan, Kathrine Talbot

215 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction art fantasy short stories challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Consorts of the Caliphs: Women and the Court of Baghdad by Julia Bray, Ibn al-Sai, Marina Warner, The Editors of the Library of Arabic Literature, Shawkat M. Toorawa

Consorts of the Caliphs: Women and the Court of Baghdad

Julia Bray, Ibn al-Sai, Marina Warner, The Editors of the Library of Arabic Literature, Shawkat M. Toorawa

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging reflective slow-paced
The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things by Barbara Heins, Salvador Dalí, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Anneliese Hager, Robert Desnos, Lise Deharme, Mary Low, André Breton, Raul Fiker, Marcel Mariën, Albert Marenčin, Andreas Embirikos, Julien Gracq, Michael Richardson, Roger Cardinal, Agustín Espinosa, Marina Aldrovandi, René Ménil, Georges Henein, Mary Low Machado, Paul Nougé, Fernand Dumont, Alain Joubert, Raymond Queneau, Philippe Soupault, Hendrik Cramer, Gilbert Lély, Octavio Paz, Georges Limbour, Leonora Carrington, Benjamin Péret, Léo Malet, Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange, Camille Goemans, David Gascoyne, Nelly Kaplan, Juan Brea, Roderick Beaton, Katharine Talbot, Marcel Lecomte, Jean Ferry, Gisèle Prassinos, Guy Flandre, Marina Warner, Alberto Savinio, Jindřich Štyrský, Maurice Blanchard, Louis Aragon, François Valorbe, Marcel Noll, Joë Bousquet, Clément Magloire-Saint-Aude, Rikki Ducornet, Joyce Mansour, Luis Buñuel, Peter Wood, Pierre Unik, René Crevel, Marianne Van Hirtum, Margaret Jull Costa, Andrew Lass, Roger Caillois, Zuca Sardan, Eliot Weinberger, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Irène Hamoir, Elisabeth Lenk

The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things

Barbara Heins, Salvador Dalí, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Anneliese Hager, Robert Desnos, Lise Deharme, Mary Low, André Breton, Raul Fiker, Marcel Mariën, Albert Marenčin, Andreas Embirikos, Julien Gracq, Michael Richardson, Roger Cardinal, Agustín Espinosa, Marina Aldrovandi, René Ménil, Georges Henein, Mary Low Machado, Paul Nougé, Fernand Dumont, Alain Joubert, Raymond Queneau, Philippe Soupault, Hendrik Cramer, Gilbert Lély, Octavio Paz, Georges Limbour, Leonora Carrington, Benjamin Péret, Léo Malet, Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange, Camille Goemans, David Gascoyne, Nelly Kaplan, Juan Brea, Roderick Beaton, Katharine Talbot, Marcel Lecomte, Jean Ferry, Gisèle Prassinos, Guy Flandre, Marina Warner, Alberto Savinio, Jindřich Štyrský, Maurice Blanchard, Louis Aragon, François Valorbe, Marcel Noll, Joë Bousquet, Clément Magloire-Saint-Aude, Rikki Ducornet, Joyce Mansour, Luis Buñuel, Peter Wood, Pierre Unik, René Crevel, Marianne Van Hirtum, Margaret Jull Costa, Andrew Lass, Roger Caillois, Zuca Sardan, Eliot Weinberger, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Irène Hamoir, Elisabeth Lenk

384 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction art dark slow-paced
Down Below by Leonora Carrington, Debra Taub

Down Below

Leonora Carrington, Debra Taub

56 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

nonfiction art biography memoir challenging dark fast-paced
The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-Hsi, Empress Dowager of China, 1835-1908 by Marina Warner

The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-Hsi, Empress Dowager of China, 1835-1908

Marina Warner

247 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative mysterious tense slow-paced
Fairy Tale Review, The Blue Issue by Joshua Beckman, Mary Caponegro, Norman Lock, Brent Hendricks, Stacey Richter, Kate Bernheimer, Monica Fambrough, Julie Choffel, Sarah Veglahn, Jack D. Zipes, Sarah Hannah, Wendy Weitman, Marjorie Sandor, Marina Warner, Kim Addonizio, Donna Tartt, Matthew Rohrer, Francine Prose, Aimee Bender

Fairy Tale Review, The Blue Issue

The Fairy Tale Review #1

Joshua Beckman, Mary Caponegro, Norman Lock, Brent Hendricks, Stacey Richter, Kate Bernheimer, Monica Fambrough, Julie Choffel, Sarah Veglahn, Jack D. Zipes, Sarah Hannah, Wendy Weitman, Marjorie Sandor, Marina Warner, Kim Addonizio, Donna Tartt, Matthew Rohrer, Francine Prose, Aimee Bender

112 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction poetry short stories dark informative mysterious medium-paced