Format:
1 Online-Ressource (286 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9789004661707
Series Statement:
Middle East and Islamic Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
Content:
Almost three centuries have passed since the oldest manuscript of The Thousand and One Nights arrived in Europe. Since then, the Nights have occupied the minds of scholars world-wide, in particular the questions of origin, composition, language and literary form. In this book, Muhsin Mahdi, whose critical edition of the text brought so much praise, explores the complex literary history of the Nights, bringing to fruition the search for the archetype that constituted the core of the surviving editions, and treating the fascinating story of the growth of the collection of stories that we now know as The Thousand and One Nights
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004102040
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Thousand and One Nights Leiden : Brill, 1995 ISBN 9789004102040
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004661707
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