The Arabian nights encyclopedia

Author(s)

• Marzolph, Ulrich
• Leeuwen, Richard van
• Wassouf, Hassan

Bibliographic Information

The Arabian nights encyclopedia

by Ulrich Marzolph and Richard van Leeuwen ; with the collaboration of Hassan Wassouf ; with fourteen introductory essays by internationally renowned specialists

ABC-CLIO, c2004

• v. 1
• v. 2

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Literary style and narrative techniques in the Arabian nights / Beaumont, Daniel
• Situation, motivation, and action in the Arabian nights / Chraïbi, Aboubakr
• The oral connections of the Arabian nights / El-Shamy, Hasan
• Poetry and the Arabian nights / Gelder, Geert Jan Van
• The manuscript tradition of the Arabian nights / Grotzfeld, Heinz
• The Arabian nights in film adaptations / Irwin, Robert
• The Arabian nights as an orientalist text / Kabbani, Rana
• Illustrations to the Arabian nights / Kobayashi, Kazue
• The Arabian nights and the popular epics / Kruk, Remke
• Homosexuality, heterosexuality, and Shahrazâd / Malti-Douglas, Fedwa
• The Arabian nights and the Jews / Sadan, Joseph
• Images of masculinity in the Arabian nights / Schulze, Reinhard
• Social life and popular culture in the Arabian nights / Shoshan, Boaz
• Modern Arabic literature and the Arabian nights / Walther, Wiebke
• The phenomenon of the Arabian nights : an alphabetically arranged survey of stories contained in various manuscripts, printed editions, and translations
• The world of the Arabian Nights : an alphabetically arranged survey of entries concerning the origin, character, context and aftermath of the Arabian nights

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The most comprehensive treatment of the Arabian Nights ever published, with more than 800 detailed encyclopedic entries and a wealth of authoritative essays and resources. The tales of the Arabian Nights have long been the focus of scholarly research and critique, but no English language work has ever attempted an all-embracing treatment of them. The fruit of years of research, The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference work introducing both the Arabian Nights and the context of their genesis and aftermath in Near Eastern, European, and world culture. Editors Ulrich Marzolph, one of the world's foremost scholars of Near Eastern narrative culture, and Richard van Leeuwen, a prominent scholar of the Arabian Nights, present detailed, authoritative, and up-to-date research on virtually all aspects of the tales, including major protagonists, themes, important translations, textual history, adaptations, reworkings, works inspired by the Arabian Nights, and aspects of literary theory, and provide extensive bibliographies for each tale. In addition to the 800+ encyclopedic entries and numerous essays, the work introduces research that has not previously been published, making it an invaluable resource to scholars, educators, students, and the general public, as well as an essential addition to the core collection of academic and public libraries.

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Details

• NCID: BA71292125
• ISBN:
  • 1576072045
  • 1576072045
• LCCN: 2004006536
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Santa Barbara, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. (xxvii, 921 p.)
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PJ7737
  • DC22 : 398.22
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Arabian nights