The Arabian Nights: A Companion |
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Robert Irwin
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Pages: 344 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1860649831
Pub: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Pub date: 2003-10-24
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 155405
Reader Reviews:
The perfect companion to 1001 Arabian Nights (24/24 people found this helpful)
I came to this companion directly after reading 'The Nights' themselves and must say (this is blasphemy I know!) that I prefered Robert Irwin's book to the original.
As entertaining as it is erudite, the companion is an excellent account of the origins (both of the actual texts and stories themselves) of 'The Arabian Nights'. It also includes a section on the influence 'The Nights' has exerted; various different critical approaches to it; and makes for an extraordinary travelogue of Medieval 'Arabia'.
I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in, but like myself little knowledege of, Orientalism: as it is an excellent example of literary history as well as the perfect place to start your studies.
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