Gebundenes Buch

Arabian Folk & Fairy Tales

Fables, Folkore & Ancient Stories

Herausgeber: Jackson, J K

Beschreibung

The Book of the Seven Vizirs, The Tale of the Four Dervishes, the famous stories of Sinbad, and the tales of Scheherazade are brought together here as a magical thread of love and adventure, invoking the mysteries of the night and the mirages of the desert.

Autor

Dr. Orhan Elmaz (Introduction) teaches Digital Humanities and classical and modern Arabic language, literature and culture at the University of St Andrews. His research area lies at the intersection of linguistics, intellectual history, and transcultural studies. He has published on the Qur’an (and its use and abuse), computational and corpus linguistics, and One Thousand and One Nights. Currently, he is working on the emergence and development of feminist ideas, specifically female education, contrasting different Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority communities of the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. J.K. Jackson (General Editor) has written, edited and contributed to over 20 books on mythology and folklore. Related works include studies of Babylonian creation myths, the philosophy of time and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature.

Produktdetails

• Flame Tree Collector's Editions
• Verlag: Flame Tree Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 171mm x 115mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9781804178058
• ISBN-10: 1804178055
• Artikelnr.: 70063145