书目

Talesfrom1001Nights

内容简介

'HereamI,readytoobeyyou,yourslaveandtheslaveofallthosewhoholdthelampintheirhands'Tostaythehandofherhusbandandpostponeherexecution,thevizier'sdaughterShahrazadmusttellstories.Hertalesofadventure,love,richesandwonder,ofjinns,sultans,princesandslavegirlsaresomeoftherichestinliterature,knownthroughouttheworld,andinfluencingwritersfromDickenstoRushdieandJoycetoPoe.Fantasticalandenchanting,thisessentialone-volumeeditionofthefinestandmostfamousofthe1,001NightsincludesAladdinandhislamp,AliBabaandhisFortyThievesandthejourneysofSinbad.Takenfromthe'themostambitiousandthoroughtranslationintoEnglishoftheArabianNightssincetheageofQueenVictoria'(Guardian),thesetalesareaccompaniedbyanintroductionbyRobertIrwinonthereceptionandinfluencesoftheNightsthroughouttheirhistory.Thiseditionalsoincludesmaps,aglossaryandsuggestedfurtherreading.TranslatedbyMALCOLMC.LYONSandURSULALYONSwithanintroductionandnotesbyROBERTIRWIN

作者简介

MalcolmC.LyonshasbeenSirThomasAdamsProfessorofArabicatCambridgeUniversity,isalifeFellowofPembrokeCollegeandaspecialistinclassicalArabicliterature.UrsulaLyons,formerlyanAffiliatedLecturerattheFacultyofOrientialStudiesatCambridgeUniversityand,since1976,anEmeritusFellowofLucyCavendishCollege,Cambridge,specializesinmodernArabicliterature.RobertIrwinisanovelist,publisher,MiddleEasternEditoroftheTLSandauthorofTheArabianNights:ACompanion,amongmanyotherbooks.

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