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The Islamic context of the Thousand and one nights / Mushin J. al-Musawi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.Description: x, 334 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780231146340 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0231146345 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 023151946X (ebook)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PJ7737 .M75 2009
Contents:
Introduction: is there an Islamic context for the Thousand and one nights? -- The Islamic factor in global times -- The unifying Islamic factor -- The age of Muslim empire and the burgeoning of a text -- The changing order: the role of the public in the Thousand and one nights -- Nonreligious displacements in popular tradition -- The public role in Islamic narrative theorizations -- Scheherazade's nonverbal narratives in religious contexts -- Conclusions.
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General Books General Books CUTN Central Library Social Sciences 398.220953 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 9349

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-317) and index.

Introduction: is there an Islamic context for the Thousand and one nights? -- The Islamic factor in global times -- The unifying Islamic factor -- The age of Muslim empire and the burgeoning of a text -- The changing order: the role of the public in the Thousand and one nights -- Nonreligious displacements in popular tradition -- The public role in Islamic narrative theorizations -- Scheherazade's nonverbal narratives in religious contexts -- Conclusions.

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