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The Arabian Nights' Entertainment Volume 8: Classic Tales from The Thousand and One Nights, Translated and Annotated
Hardcover
RomanceClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515422532
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A continuing volume in Edward William Lane's translation of The Arabian Nights, presenting additional tales from the classical Arabic storytelling tradition with accompanying cultural and explanatory context. This volume extends the layered narrative structure characteristic of the collection, preserving the frame narrative while introducing further episodes of adventure, intrigue, and transformation.
Lane's translation is marked by its measured prose and extensive annotation, reflecting both literary intention and ethnographic interest. His notes provide insight into language, custom, and historical setting, shaping the text as both narrative and commentary. The stories themselves maintain the tonal and thematic range of the larger work, moving between romance, moral anecdote, and courtly drama.
Positioned within the history of English translations of The Arabian Nights, Lane's edition remains notable for its combination of readability and scholarly apparatus. Volume 8 contributes to the cumulative structure of the collection, offering further material within one of the most enduring bodies of world literature.
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