UID:
almahu_9949161675202882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781479837274
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9783110754001
Series Statement:
Library of Arabic Literature ; 71
Content:
The adventures of the man who created AladdinThe Book of Travels is Ḥanna 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, Ḥanna 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.A bilingual Arabic-English edition.
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Frontmatter --
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Letter from the General Editor --
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Table of 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, Volume One --
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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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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 Typefaces --
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Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature --
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About the Editor --
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About the Translator
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754001
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753776
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754124
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753899
In:
New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110739107
Language:
English
DOI:
10.18574/nyu/9781479837274
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479837274
