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.

Other author Marzolph, Ulrich.
Other author Leeuwen, Richard van.
Other author Wassouf, Hassan.
Format Book
Publication InfoSanta Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©2004.
Description2 volumes (xxvii, 921 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Arabian nights.

Contents Literary style and narrative technique in the Arabian nights / by David Beaumont -- Situation, motivation, and action in the Arabian nights / by Aboubakr Chraïbi -- The oral connections of the Arabian nights / by Hasan El-Shamy -- Poetry and the Arabian nights / by Geert Jan Van Gelder -- The manuscript tradition of the Arabian nights / by Heinz Grotzfeld -- The Arabian nights in film adaptations / by Robert Irwin -- The Arabian nights as an orientalist text / by Rana Kabbani -- Illustrations to the Arabian nights / by Kazue Kobayashi -- The Arabian nights and the popular epics / by Remke Kruk -- Homosexuality, heterosexuality, and Shahrazâd / by Dedwa Malti-Douglas -- The Arabian nights and the Jews / by Joseph Sadan -- Images of masculinity in the Arabian nights / by Reinhard Schulze -- Social life and popular culture in the Arabian nights / by Boaz Shoshan -- Modern Arabic literature and the Arabian nights / by Wiebke Walther -- The phenomenon of the Arabian night -- The world of the Arabian Nights -- Appendixes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004006536
ISBN1576072045 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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