
Managing Monsters
In early 1994 Marina Warner delivered the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC. In a series of six lectures, she takes areas of contemporary concern and relates them to stories from mythology and fairy tale which continue to grip the modern imagination.
She analyses the fury about single mothers and the anxiety about masculinity in the light of ideals about male heroism and control; the current d...
In early 1994 Marina Warner delivered the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC. In a series of six lectures, she takes areas of contemporary concern and relates them to stories from mythology and fairy tale which continue to grip the modern imagination.
She analyses the fury about single mothers and the anxiety about masculinity in the light of ideals about male heroism and control; the current d...