UID:
almahu_9949546447802882
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781479820047
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9783110993899
Serie:
Library of Arabic Literature ; 86
Inhalt:
The adventures of the man who created AladdinThe Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb's remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles and back again, which forever linked him to one of the most popular pieces of world literature, the Thousand and One Nights. Diyāb, a Maronite Christian, served as a guide and interpreter for the French naturalist and antiquarian Paul Lucas. Between 1706 and 1716, Diyāb and Lucas traveled through Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Tripolitania, Tunis, Italy, and France. In Paris, Ḥannā Diyāb met Antoine Galland, who added to his wildly popular translation of the Thousand and One Nights several tales related by Diyāb, including "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." When Lucas failed to make good on his promise of a position for Diyāb at Louis XIV's Royal Library, Diyāb returned to Aleppo. In his old age, he wrote this engaging account of his youthful adventures, from capture by pirates in the Mediterranean to quack medicine and near-death experiences.Translated into English for the first time, The Book of Travels introduces readers to the young Syrian responsible for some of the most beloved stories from the Thousand and One Nights.An English-only edition.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Map: Ḥannā Diyāb's Travels --
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Foreword --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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Note on the Text --
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Notes to the Introduction --
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The Book of Travels --
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Chapter One --
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Chapter Two: My Departure from Tripoli in the Company of the Traveler Paul Lucas, in the Month of February 1707 of the Christian Era --
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Chapter Three: My First Time at Sea with Paul Lucas, in the Month of May 1707 --
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Chapter Four: Our Voyage to Egypt and What Happened to Us in the Month of June 1707 --
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Chapter Five: Our Travels to the Maghreb in the Year 1708 --
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Chapter Six: Our Journey to the Lands of the Franks in the Year 1708 --
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Chapter Seven: Our Voyage to France --
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Chapter Eight: Our Journey from Provence to France and the City of Paris --
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Chapter Nine: Our Arrival in Paris, in October 1708 --
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Chapter Ten: The Last Days of 1708 --
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Chapter Eleven: In the Lands of the East --
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Afterword: Ḥannā Diyāb and the Thousand and One Nights --
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Notes --
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Glossary of Names and Terms --
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Bibliography --
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Further Reading --
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Index --
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About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute --
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About the Translator --
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The Library of Arabic Literature
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
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New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110751628
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.18574/nyu/9781479820047.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479820047.001.0001
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479820047
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