About this title: "The Arabian Nights" has become a synonym for the fabulous and the exotic. Every child is familiar with the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba. Yet very few people, even specialists in oriential literature, have a clear idea of when the book was written or what exactly it is. Far from being a batch of stories for children, "The ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Tauris Parke Softcovers
Date Published: 2004-01-17
ISBN-13:9781860649837ISBN:1860649831
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781860649837ISBN:1860649831
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: I B TAURIS & CO LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781860649837ISBN:1860649831
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 360 pages. (344 pages) "the arabian nights" has become a synonym for the fabulous and the exotic. many people are familiar with the stories of aladdin, sinbad the sailor and ali baba. yet few people have a clear idea of when the book was written or what exactly it is. this companion seeks to remedy this. chronology, notes, index (Paperback) read more
Description: Fine. 0140098631 An excellent copy that would be like new but has light wear on the bottom cover corner. Cover lays flat. Pages sharp and clean. No marks or highlighting in text. No remainder mark from publisher. Accurate Descriptions with Fast Shipping and Robust Packaging. ORG113S. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, London
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780713991055ISBN:0713991054
Description: First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 344 pp. Chronology, notes, index. Jacket has some rubbing, minor edgecreasing. Fine/Near Fine. Scarce in hardcover. read more
Description: Fair. 1860649831 Textbook Student edition. CD NOT INCLUDED. Back cover is absent. Heavy wear, wrinkling, creasing, or tears on the cover and spine. Black dirt marks on pages, does not affect text. Good binding. NO apparent loose pages. Missing up to 10 pages. May have unnoticed missing pages, as this is a USED book and pages get lost easily. Light writing and highlighting. Light wrinkling from liquid damage. Does not affect the text. Marker on cover or bottom edge of book. ct kpd. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781860649837ISBN:1860649831
Description: New. "The Arabian Nights: A Companion" guides the reader into this celebrated labyrinth of storytelling. It traces the development of the stories from prehistoric India and Pharaonic Egypt to modern times. It explores the history of the translation, and e... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781860649837ISBN:1860649831
Description: New. "The Arabian Nights" has become a synonym for the fabulous and the exotic. Many people are familiar with the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba. Yet few people have a clear idea of when the book was written or what exactly it is. This... read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780140098631ISBN:0140098631
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Publisher: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780713991055ISBN:0713991054
Description: VG/VG. 0713991054. Slight edgewear to book and dustjacket. Interior clean, binding tight.; tall 8vo 9"-10" tall; 344 pages; Rare book room Reference kvk offwhite/gold, red, pictorial fictcat. read more
Description: Good. 0140098631 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: Good. 0713991054 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ALLEN LANE
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780713991055ISBN:0713991054
Description: Published by Allen Lane in 1994. Hardback with Dust jacket. Number of pages: 352. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
"Robert Irwin's "companion" is a treasure to anyone intrigued by the fabulous miscellany of The Arabian Nights. Irwin begins with the convoluted history of its translations (a story more richly told in his recent book, Dangerous Knowledge). In one of the ironies of world literature, these tales were long scorned by Arab scholars, who preferred poetry to prose, but wildly celebrated upon their first - often garbled - transmissions in Europe.
Irwin is an excellent guide to the esoterica of Arabian "low life," its scurrilous sexual fictions and storytelling traditions, as well the myriad reincarnations of these tales up through Salman Rushdie and Jorge Luis Borges. "The Nights is a key text, perhaps the key text, in Borges's life and work."
All this is helpful, but no substitute for the stories of Scheherazade. I'm currently re-reading the Everyman translation by Husain Haddawy, which is delightful but only covers the first 271 nights. I'm eagerly awaiting the new "giftset" translation promised by Penguin Classics on their UK website, for which Irwin also wrote the introduction."
"This is a good reader, and not just as a companion to the Arabian Nights. The book reads almost like a cultural history (esp. of literature and the arts) of the medieval Near East. Irwin does a great job of reviewing the history of the Nights tradition, starting from some of the early (Indian) sources all the way up to the 18th/19th century French/British translation enterprise. There's a lot to learn here and while the book isn't academic in the sense of dense, daunting prose (that's a compliment...), it's a great starting point for further readings. I ended up discovering a lot of fun/quirky details about medieval Arab/Muslim culture. If you're a fan of the 1001 Nights, this book is a must read. If you're not, well, read this book and you'll become one!"
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