Few literary works are as well-known and beloved as The Arabian Nights. At the same time, this collection remains unknown to many. In English, The Arabian Nights is a relatively recent translation: the first English editions date back about two hundred years ago.
The edition contains an introduction, text explanations, and annotations for clarification.
Contents
- “Contexts”: Three of the oldest Arabic sources of The Arabian Nights, translated into English for the first time – an anonymous ninth-century fragment, Al Mas’udi’s Muruj al-Dhahab and Ibn al-Nadim’s The Fihrist.
- Three related works by nineteenth- and twentieth-century authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Marcel Proust, and Taha Husayn.
- “Criticism”: Eleven diversely tinted essays on the central themes of The Arabian Nights, written by renowned authors such as Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Jorge Luis Borges, and Tzvetan Todorov.
- In addition, it contains a chronology and a selected bibliography.
The text is suitable for advanced-level English speakers (C1-C2) who are deepening their knowledge in literary studies, self-study, or education.
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