{"product_id":"norton-critical-editions-9780393928082","title":"Norton Critical Editions","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew works of literature are as familiar and beloved as \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e. Yet few remain also as unknown. In English, \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary work of relatively recent date-the first versions of the tales appeared in English barely two hundred years ago. The tales are accompanied by a preface, a note on the text, and explanatory annotations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Contexts\" presents three of the oldest witnesses to \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e in the Arabic tradition, together in English for the first time: an anonymous ninth-century fragment, Al Mas'udi's Muruj al-Dhahab, and Ibn al-Nadim's \u003cem\u003eThe Fihrist\u003c\/em\u003e. Also included are three related works by the nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers Edgar Allan Poe, Marcel Proust, and Taha Husayn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Criticism\" collects eleven wide-ranging essays on \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e' central themes by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Josef Horovitz, Jorge Luis Borges, Francesco Gabrieli, Mia Irene Gerhardt, Tzvetan Todorov, Andras Hamori, Heinz Grotzfield, Jerome W. Clinton, Abdelfattah Kilito, and David Pinault. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Chronology of \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e and a Selected Bibliography are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Daniel Heller-Roazen, Husain Haddawy, Muhsin Mahdi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780393928082\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20100226\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43558653853757,"sku":"9780393928082","price":44.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780393928082.jpg?v=1788381892","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/norton-critical-editions-9780393928082","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}