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The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West
Tetsuo Nishio
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Description for The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West
Hardcover. The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance was especially commissioned to celebrate the tercentenary of the first Western edition of The Arabian Nights. Num Pages: 240 pages, 72ill. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance was especially commissioned to celebrate the tercentenary of the first Western edition of The Arabian Nights. This volume marries Western and Japanese perspectives on The Arabian Nights to provide a fascinating study of how this literary phenomenon brought about a unique and rich cross-cultural fertilization. The volume is divided into three sections: the first part deals with narrative motifs and styles; the second part examines the 'Nights' from a comparative point of view and the third part unfolds the relationship between the written text and its pictorial representation. Extensively illustrated throughout, The Arabian ... Read more
The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance was especially commissioned to celebrate the tercentenary of the first Western edition of The Arabian Nights. This volume marries Western and Japanese perspectives on The Arabian Nights to provide a fascinating study of how this literary phenomenon brought about a unique and rich cross-cultural fertilization. The volume is divided into three sections: the first part deals with narrative motifs and styles; the second part examines the 'Nights' from a comparative point of view and the third part unfolds the relationship between the written text and its pictorial representation. Extensively illustrated throughout, The Arabian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850437680
SKU
V9781850437680
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About Tetsuo Nishio
Yuriko Yamanaka is Assistant Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan. Tetsuo Nishio is Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan. He has been leading a joint project on the Arabian Nights, and is author of 'The Arabian Nights Illustrated'. Robert Irwin has taught Arabic and Middle Eastern History at the universities of Oxford, ... Read more
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MIDDLE EAST 'This volume marries western and Japanese perspectives on The Arabian Nights to provide a fascinating study of how this literary phenomenon brought about a unique and rich cross-cultural fertilisation.'