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A hundred and one nights /

Known to us only through North African manuscripts, and translated into English for the first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like its more famous sibling, the Thousand and One Nights, this collection opens with the frame st...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Fudge, Bruce, 1967- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Arabic
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2016.
Series:Library of Arabic literature.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Letter from the General Editor; Foreword by Robert Irwin; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Note on the Text; Notes to the Introduction; A Hundred and One Nights; The Story of a Hundred and One Nights; The Story of the Young Merchant; The Story of Najm al-Ḍiyāʼ ibn Mudīr al-Mulk; The Story of Camphor Island; The Story of Ẓāfir ibn Lāḥiq; The Story of the Vizier and his Son; The Story of King Sulaymān ibn ʻAbd al-Malik; The Story of Maslamah ibn ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (God Show Them Mercy); The Story of Gharībat al-Ḥusn and the Young Egyptian; The Story of the Young Egyptian and his Wife
  • The Story of the King and his Three SonsThe Story of the Young Man and the Necklaces; The Story of the Four Companions; The Story of the Prince and the Seven Viziers; The Story of the King and the Serpen; The Tale of the Ebony Horse; The Story of the King and the Gazelle; The Story of the Vizier Ibn Abī l-Qamar and ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; Notes; Appendix; Glossary; Bibliography; Further Reading; Indices; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute; About this E-book; Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature; About the Editor-Translator