A companion to "The Arabian Nights", this text examines how the stories came to be put together; the transmission from Sanskrit, Persian, Greek and Coptic sources; the style and vocabulary; the influences that the tales have had on Western art and literature; the problem of "orientalism"; and critical attitudes to the tales over the centuries.
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A companion to "The Arabian Nights", this text examines how the stories came to be put together; the transmission from Sanskrit, Persian, Greek and Coptic sources; the style and vocabulary; the influences that the tales have had on Western art and literature; the problem of "orientalism"; and critical attitudes to the tales over the centuries.
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This book illuminates the Thousand and One Nights on many levels and remains quite readable while doing it. It treats the book and the reader and the traditional roots of the Alf Laylah seriously and respectfully. It brings the reader out of the usual fairy-tale misunderstanding of The Arabian Nights into a mature and informed view of a literary treasure chest of enjoyable tales.
