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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA wide-ranging, detailed explication of the subject... Highly recommended. Choice (al-Musawi) applies his diverse expertise and vast knowledge of Eastern and Western literatures and culture histories to the analysis of the Nights Journal of Folklore ...a bursting portmanteau of intriguing details, a work of truly epic scope. This review cannot hope to do justice to the richness of the book...should be welcomed as an open door to a new generation of scholarship, an inspiration for graduate students in search of dissertation material and established scholars alike. -- Karla Mallette H-Levant
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Is There an Islamic Context for The Thousand and One Nights? 1. The Islamic Factor in Global Times 2. The Unifying Islamic Factor 3. The Age of Muslim Empire and the Burgeoning of a Text 4. The Changing Order: The Role of the Public in The Thousand and One Nights 5. Nonreligious Displacements in Popular Tradition 6. The Public Role in Islamic Narrative Theorizations 7. Scheherazade's Nonverbal Narratives in Religious Contexts Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
