The Arabian Nights: An Encyclopedia
Ulrich Marzolph, Richard van Leeuwen - The Arabian Nights: An Encyclopedia
ABC-Clio | 2004 | ISBN: 1576072045, 185109640X | English | 950 pages | PDF | 6.14 MB
ABC-Clio | 2004 | ISBN: 1576072045, 185109640X | English | 950 pages | PDF | 6.14 MB
An impressively collaborative work by Ulrich Marzolph (Professor of Islamic Studies, Georg-August University, Gottingen, Germany) and Richard van Leeuwen (Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) this two-volume edition of The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia is a comprehensively detailed compilation providing students with authoritative and up-to-date research on the diverse stories historically comprising the Islamic classic collection of myth, legend, and folklore known to western readers as "The Arabian Nights". The characters, themes, most influential translations, textual history, adaptations, and literary context for each individual story is proffered in a thoroughly accessible and "user friendly" arrangement. Featuring more than 800 sperate entries organized in an A-Z format, The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia is a seminal, core, essential, informed and informative contribution to personal, professional, academic, and community library Literary Studies, Folklore Studies, and Islamic Cultural Studies reference collections and resource holdings.