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Here is a selection of Marina Warner's essays and reviews published in journals, newspapers, books and online. The list is incomplete.
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WRITINGS ON THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
'Freud's Couch: A Case History", Raritan, Autumn 2011, Volume XXX1, Number 2. Pp 146-163. Also published as 'Freuds Couch: Das Narrativ Der Nachte und die Erfindung der Psychoanalyse', in Lettre International, LI 96, Macrh 2012, pp 104-105.
'Oriental Irresistible' an essay review of 'Western appreciation of Arab and Islamic civilization' by Alastair Hamilton (Oxford University Press) for The Times Literary Supplement, TLS November 4, 2011, pp 9-10. The article can be found here.
Stranger Magic: Charmed States & The Arabian Nights, published by Chatto & Windus (hardback) London 2011. For all events related to Stranger Magic please see here.
June 2011, MW’s essay ‘Die Zeit des Noch-nicht. Edward Saids Idee der Versöhnung und Goethes west-östlicher Diwan’ is published in Lettre International Volume 93, Summer 2011, Pp 80-82.
June 2010, MW’s essay ‘The Vehicle of Stories in the Arabian Nights: Riding the Carpet’ published in Fogli di Anglistica - Rivista di studi inglesi-semestrale, (Palermo: Flaccovio Editore, 2010) Anno IV n.7-8 2010, pp- 123-136.
‘Do the tales of the Arabian Nights have resonance for audiences today?’ Essay review on the RSC’s production of Arabian Nights for The Guardian Review Section, Saturday 9 January 2010, Page 18.
‘Travelling Text’, essays reviews on ‘The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights’, translated by Malcolm Lyons, with Ursula Lyons (Penguin, 2008) and ‘The Arabian Nights’ in Historical Context: Between East’ and West edited by Saree Makdisi and Felicity Nussbaum (Oxford, 2008), London Review of Books, Vol. 30 No. 24, 18 December 2008, Pp 15-16.
‘Il Mare delle storie: I viaggi delle Mille e una notte’: Talk originally given in Crotone, Italy, 2006 published in Fogli di anglistica, Anno II, n. 3-4 2008 Flaccovio Editore Spring 2009.
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OTHER ESSAYS
'Ursula Dronke: Enlightening scholar of medieval literature' an Obituary for Ursula Dronke published in The Independent, 6th April 2012, page 50. The article can be found here.
'Il teatro delle ombre orientali di Lotte Reiniger' in Ombre Quaderni di Synapsis X, a cura di Francesco Cattani e Luca Raimondi, Atti della Scuola Europea di Studi Comparati Bertinoro 6-13 2009, a cura di Francesco Cattani e Luca Raimondi. Morellini Editore, 2011, Italy. Pp 199-212.
'Perpetua's Prisons: Notes on the Margins of Literature in Perpetua's Passions; Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis ed. Jan N. Bremmer and Marco Formisano, Oxford University Press, February 2012.
"Metamorphosis of the Monstrous," in Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination ed. Mark W. Scala, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville Tenenessee, February 24-May 28 2012, (Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press), pp. 24-36. The exhibition continues in Canada, more details can be found here.
'Monstrous offspring, unruly brood' an essay review of 'Monsters and their Meanings in Early Modern Culture: Mighty Magic' by Wes Williams for The Times Literary Supplement, 10 February 2012, No 5680.
"Come to Hecuba": Theatrical Empathy and Memories of Troy' to The Shakespearean International Yearbook Volume 11: Special issue, Placing Michael Neill. Issues of Place in Shakespeare and Early Modern Culture. November 2011, Published by Ashgate. More details can be found here.
'What St Paul's could learn from Mary, the patron of the Occupy protesters - Giles Fraser's resignation over Occupy London shows the church must engage with new forms of faith and belief', The Guardian, 28th October 2011, Article can be read here.
'Strange Tongues: Mallarme in the English Nursery, Beckett in Babel' to 'When familiar meanings dissolve...' Essays in French Studies in Memory of Malcolm Bowie, Ed. Naomi Segal and Gill Rye published by Peter Lang, Bern Switzerland 2001, pp 7-35.
‘Phantasmagoria: Professor Marina Warner in conversation with Professor Hermione Lee’ for British Academy Review, issue 18 (Summer 2011) pp- 29-32.
‘The Quiet Revolution’ an essay on libraries currently flourishing across the Arab World as part of Joan Bakewell’s guest edited section The Critics for for The New Statesman (11th July 2011), Pp 54-55. A shorter version of the essay can be read online here.
‘Introduction to “Cancellanda”’ and the essay “Cancellanda” to ‘Myth and Violence in the Contemporary Female Text - New Cassandras’, edited by Sanja Bahun-Radunovic, University of Essex, UK, and V.G. Julie Rajan, Rutgers University, USA, published by Ashgate, July 2011, Pp189-209.
‘“Who In The World Am I?” The Child’s play of Lewis Carroll’ programme notes (taken from Marina Warner ‘Signs & Wonders: Essays on Literature and Culture, Vintage Books) for “Dining With Alice performed at Elsing Hall, Norfolk 12-21 May 2011, Pp 6-8.
‘Creation of Fantasy’ An essay for the programme notes for ‘Bronte’ by Polly Teale, at The Tricycle Theatre, London from 5-30th April 2011. Pp 11-14.
“The Difference in the Dose: A Story after “Rapunzel”, published in Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies, Vol 24, No. 2 (2010), Pp. 317-328.
‘Did she go willingly?’ an essay review on Helen of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood by Laurie Maguire, published in The London Review of Books Vol. 32 No 19, 7 October 2010, pp 24-26.
‘Who Can Shave An Egg?: Foreign Tongues and Primal Sounds in Mallarme and Beckett’, in Reflections on Beckett -A Centenary Celebration, eds. Anna McMullan and S.E Wilmer, The University of Michigan Press / Ann Arbor 2009, pp. 53-81.
Introduction to An Essex Attitude, poems by Adrian May , published by Wivenbooks, 2009.
‘Beastly Tales’, Part 7 of Great Fairytales published as booklet in series on Fairy Tales, Guardian, October 2009.
‘Once Upon A Time In Rossillion’, programme note for All’s Well That Ends Well directed Marianne Elliot, National Theatre, 2009.
‘Other Cinderellas’, programme essay for ‘La Cenerentola’, Garsington Opera Programme 2009, pages 54-56.
‘The Silence of The Siren’, programme essay for Rusalka, Glyndebourne Opera Programme 2009, pages 92-97 (adapted from From the Beast to The Blonde (Vintage).
‘Baba Yaga and Other Hags’: review of Dubravka Ugresic, “Baba Yaga Laid an Egg” translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac, Celia Hawkesworth and Mark Thompson‘s latest novel, London Review of Books, Volume 31 Number 16, 27 August 2009, pp. 23-24.
‘Ventriloquism’, review essay of ‘Edward FitzGerald, The Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayyam’, ed. Daniel Karlin, in London Review of Books.
‘Afterword:Mirror-Readings’, in The Poetics of Recognition, ed. Marilyn Lawrence and Philip Kennedy, Peter Lang, 2009.
‘Who Can Shave an Egg? Foreign tongues and primal sounds in Mallarmé and Beckett’, in Reflections on Beckett A Centenrary Celebration, ed. Anna McMullan and S.E. Wilmer, Michigan University Press, 2009: 53-81. Adapted in 1. Times Literary Supplement, February 29 2008 2. Longer version: Raritan Spring 2008, pp 62-89.
‘Out of an old toy chest’, in Journal of Aesthetic Education, special edition ed. Ellen Handler Spitz, Volume 43, Number 2, Summer 2009, pp. 3-18.
Introduction to The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, London, Folio Society, 2008.
‘Ghosts and Daemons: The Revival of Myth and Magic’, Presidential Address, 23 October 2004, printed in Proceedings of the Virgil Society Volume XXV1 (2008), pp. 17-31. ISSN: 0968-2112.
‘Travelling Text’, essay about the Arabian Nights, in London Review of Books, Vol. 30 No. 24, 18 December 2008, pp 15-16.
‘The Compass of Story - Eastern Bearings in Western Literature’, in What is the West? (proceedings of conference), Stockholm, 2008.
‘True Stories and Translated Selves’ (The Sebald Lecture) published in ‘In Other Words’ (published by the British Centre for Literary Translation), Vol. 31, Summer 2008, pp 26-41.
Also published Times Literary Supplement, July 11, 2008.
‘Imaginary Passages: The Metamorphoses of Europa’ published in Third Text Magazine, Volume 21, Issue 5 September 2007 , pp 487 - 498.
‘Doubly Damned’ an essay review of Enigmas and Riddles in Literature by Eleanor Cook published in London Review of Books, Vol. 29 No. 3, 8th February 2007, Pp 26-27.
'Old Hags' essay for London: City of Disappearances edited by Iain Sinclair published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd; 1st ed. edition (2006).
‘The Word Unfleshed: Memory in Cyberspace.’, in Raritan, Summer 2006, Volumne XXVI, Number 1. Pp. 1-13.
‘Angels and Engines: The Culture of Apocalypse’, in Raritan, Fall 2005, Volume XXV, Number 2. Pp. 12-41.
Signs & Wonders, Essays on Literature and Culture published by Chatto & Windus, 2003 and re-printed by Vintage Paperback, October 2004.
‘The Pillars of Hercules: Trespassing beyond the Mark’, in Raritan, Winter 2003, 21st Anniversary Issue, Volume XXII, Number 3. Pp. 17-38
‘Spirit Visions: Faces in the Clouds, or, Figuring the Invisible’, in Raritan, 21st Anniversary Issue, Spring 2002, Volume XXI, Number 4. Pp. 264-301.
‘”Hush-a-Bye Baby”: Death and Violence in the Lullaby’, in Raritan, Summer 1998, Volume XVIII, Number 1. Pp. 93-114.
‘The Enchantments of Circe’, in Raritan, Summer 1997, Volume XVII, Number 1. Pp. 1-23.
‘Stolen Shadows, Lost Souls: Body and Soul in Photography’, in Raritan, Summer 1995, Volume XVI, Number 2. Pp. 35-58.
‘Tears in the Mind’s Eye: From David to Pissaro’ Marina Warner’s essay for Encounter, April 17th 1987.
‘The Palio di Siena’ Marina Warner’s article on the The Palio di Siena (Il Palio) horse race held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 in Siena, Italy for Telegraph Magazine, Number 407, August 12th 1984, pp 26-30.
‘Paradoxical Power - Women’s History’ an essay by Marina Warner for Encounter Magazine, Vol. LX1, No.3 November 1983, pp 73-79.
‘Saints, scholarship and the kitchen sink’ Marina warner tallks to June Levine, for Image Magazine, July 1983, pp 35-36.
‘Can The Devil Speak true?’ Marina Warner’s essay review of The Portage to San Cristobal of AH, Mermaid Theatre London for The Literary Review, April 1982, pp 27-28.
‘Breaking Away’ Marina Warner’s essay review of Eminent Victorian Women by Elizabeth Longford, for Enquiry Magazine, December 1981, pp 24-26.
‘Gretel and Hansel’ Marina Warner’s essay review of The Maid of The North: Feminist Folk Tales from around the world by Ethel Johnston Phelps, for Enquiry Magazine, July 1981, pp 26-28
‘In Praise of the Eternal Feminine’ Marina Warner’s essay review of The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and The Origins of Culture by William Irwin Thompson for The New Republic, May 23rd, 1981, pp 38-40.
‘The Diffident Shelley’ Marina Warner’s essay review of The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Volume1, A Part of the Elect’ edited by Betty T. Burnett, for Enquiry Magazine, June 1980, pp 19-21.
‘Queen Victoria’s Sketchbook’ Marina Warner’s essay on her book of the same name for NRTA Journal, November-December 1980, pp 56-58.
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For 'Signs and Wonders : Essays on Literature and Culture' please see here
For other essays on Art please see here
For a Curriculum Vitae please see here
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