Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The Arabian nights' entertainments. Transl. New and complete ed., with illustr. by S.J. Groves
Author: The Arabian Nights in Contemporary World Cultures
Author: Muhsin J. al-MusawiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108699774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The stories in the Thousand and One Nights, or the Arabian Nights, are familiar to many of us: from the tales of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba and his forty thieves, to the framing story of Scheherazade telling these stories to her homicidal husband, Shahrayar. This book offers a rich and wide-ranging analysis of the power of this collection of tales that penetrates so many cultures and appeals to such a variety of predilections and tastes. It also explores areas that were left untouched, like the decolonization of the Arabian Nights, and its archaeologies. Unique in its excavation into inroads of perception and reception, Muhsin J. al-Musawi's book unearths means of connection with common publics and learned societies. Al-Musawi shows, as never before, how the Arabian Nights has been translated, appropriated, and authenticated or abused over time, and how its reach is so expansive as to draw the attention of poets, painters, illustrators, translators, editors, musicians, political scientists like Leo Strauss, and novelists like Michel Butor, James Joyce and Marcel Proust amongst others. Making use of documentaries, films, paintings, novels and novellas, poetry, digital forums and political jargon, this book offers nuanced understanding of the perennial charm and power of this collection.
The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
The Arabian nights' entertainments. [Followed by] Vathek, by W. Beckford
![The Arabian nights' entertainments. [Followed by] Vathek, by W. Beckford PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/YMsBAAAAQAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
Author: Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: The Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1580
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
The Uniform Trade List Annual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1636
Book Description
With alphabetical indexes of firms and trade specialties.
The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by William Whiston. [With a Portrait.]
![The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by William Whiston. [With a Portrait.] PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/Qw44qqNsApsC?fife=w80-h100)
Author: Flavius JosephusTHE LIBRARY JOURNAL
Author: MELVIL DEWEY AND R. R. BOWKERPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description