The Thousand and One Nights was reborn into an alien environment in 1704, its signs being received in a radically different way from their original meanings. Works of literature change as people and cultures who read them change. This study explores the Nights with reference to this view of literature.
List of Abbreviations
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Acknowledgements
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Note on Transliteration
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Nights
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Chapter 2 Arabic Textual History of the Alf layla wa-layla
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Chapter 3 English Translation of the Thousand and One Nights
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Chapter 4 Reading the Arabian Nights
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Chapter 5 Sheherazade/Shahrazad: a Commentary on the Frame Tale
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Chapter 6 Readings of Selected Stories and Anecdotes
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