{"product_id":"the-arabian-nights-a-norton-critical-edition-paperback","title":"The Arabian Nights: A Norton Critical Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHusain Haddawy\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Heller-Roazen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMuhsin Mahdi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew works of literature are as familiar and beloved as \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e. Yet few remain also as unknown. In English, \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary work of relatively recent date--the first versions of the tales appeared in English barely two hundred years ago. The tales are accompanied by a preface, a note on the text, and explanatory annotations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Contexts\" presents three of the oldest witnesses to \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e in the Arabic tradition, together in English for the first time: an anonymous ninth-century fragment, Al Mas'udi's Muruj al-Dhahab, and Ibn al-Nadim's \u003cem\u003eThe Fihrist\u003c\/em\u003e. Also included are three related works by the nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers Edgar Allan Poe, Marcel Proust, and Taha Husayn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Criticism\" collects eleven wide-ranging essays on \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e' central themes by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Josef Horovitz, Jorge Luis Borges, Francesco Gabrieli, Mia Irene Gerhardt, Tzvetan Todorov, Andras Hamori, Heinz Grotzfield, Jerome W. Clinton, Abdelfattah Kilito, and David Pinault.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Chronology of \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e and a Selected Bibliography are also included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 8.46 x 8.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755727683872,"sku":"9780393928082","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31532a86634616029c367608a1e7a28b.webp?v=1780067110","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-arabian-nights-a-norton-critical-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}