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Arabian Nights´ Entertainments
Mack
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Description for Arabian Nights´ Entertainments
Paperback. Editor(s): Mack, Robert L. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 654.
No other edition offers extensive textual apparatus such as explanatory notes, plot summaries, particularly vital as stories are complex and interwoven. The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to shelter himself from the possible infidelities on his wives leads to an outbreak of barbarity in his kingdoms and a reign of terror in his court, stopped only by the resourceful Scheherazade. The tales with which Scheherazade nightly postpones the muderous intent of the sultan have entered our language and our lives like no other collection of narratives before or since. Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba: all make their spectacular entrance ... Read more
No other edition offers extensive textual apparatus such as explanatory notes, plot summaries, particularly vital as stories are complex and interwoven. The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to shelter himself from the possible infidelities on his wives leads to an outbreak of barbarity in his kingdoms and a reign of terror in his court, stopped only by the resourceful Scheherazade. The tales with which Scheherazade nightly postpones the muderous intent of the sultan have entered our language and our lives like no other collection of narratives before or since. Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba: all make their spectacular entrance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
657g
Number of Pages
976
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199555871
SKU
V9780199555871
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About Mack
Robert Mack is Assistant Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He is also the editor of Oriental Tales in World's Classics.
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