The Arabian nights : a companion
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The Arabian nights : a companion
（Penguin literary criticism）（Penguin books）
Penguin Books, 1995
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Chronology: p. [293]-298
First published by Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 1994
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Beautiful infidels
- the book without authors
- oceans of stories
- the storyteller's craft
- street entertainments
- low life
- sexual fictions
- the universe of marvels
- formal readings
- children of the nights.
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