The Arabian Nights by Mahdi, Muhsin

The Arabian Nights

The stories of The Arabian Nights (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories) are...
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Author: Muhsin Mahdi
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Arabian Nights by Mahdi, Muhsin

The Arabian Nights

$27.25

The Arabian Nights

$27.25
Author: Muhsin Mahdi
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The stories of The Arabian Nights (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories) are famously told by the Princess Shahrazad, under the threat of death should the king lose interest in her tale. Collected over the centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, and ranging from adventure fantasies, vivacious erotica, and animal fables, to pointed Sufi tales, these stories provided the daily entertainment of the medieval Islamic world at the height of its glory. No one knows exactly when a given story originated, and many circulated orally for centuries before being written down; but in the process of telling and retelling, they were modified to reflect the general life and customs of the Arab society that adapted them--a distinctive synthesis that marks the cultural and artistic history of Islam.

This translation is of the complete text of the Mahdi edition, the definitive Arabic edition of a fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript, which is the oldest surviving version of the tales and considered to be the most authentic.



Author: Muhsin Mahdi
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.50w x 1.06d
ISBN: 9780393331660

About the Author
Haddawy, Husain: - Husain Haddawy was born and grew up in Baghdad, taught English and comparative literature at various American universities, wrote art criticism, and is now living in retirement in Thailand.

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