Ḥannā Diyāb and His Tales: The Early Eighteenth-Century Syrian Storyteller and His Contribution to the Thousand and One Nights - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:James Weaver, Ulrich MarzolphSeries:Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle EastTheme:Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/Middle EasternPublish date:4/16/2026Pages:400
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004751903ISBN-10:9004751904UPC:9789004751903Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Middle EastSize:9.25 x 6.10 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.754Product ID:SCN015PFWT
Ḥannā Diyāb and His Tales focuses on Ḥannā Diyāb, a Christian storyteller from Aleppo who originally narrated some of the world's most famous stories, among them "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba." In the late spring of 1709, he told these tales in Paris to the scholar Antoine Galland, who published them in the concluding volumes of his French version of The Thousand and One Nights. Long entirely unknown, Diyāb's role went underacknowledged in scholarship on the Nights until recently.
As a handbook, this volume brings some of the most important published scholarship on Diyāb together with new research, examining the sources of his tales and their reception, his interactions with Galland and Paul Lucas, and his literary environment in early eighteenth-century Aleppo.
As a handbook, this volume brings some of the most important published scholarship on Diyāb together with new research, examining the sources of his tales and their reception, his interactions with Galland and Paul Lucas, and his literary environment in early eighteenth-century Aleppo.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004751903ISBN-10:9004751904UPC:9789004751903Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Middle EastSize:9.25 x 6.10 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.754Product ID:SCN015PFWT
James Weaver, Ph.D. (2013), is a researcher in the History Department at the University of Zurich. He studies the pre-modern Arabic textual tradition and has written on heresiographies and the usefulness of the term "encyclopedia" in relation to Arabic literature.
Ulrich Marzolph, Dr. Phil. (1981), is a retired adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany. His field of expertise is the narrative culture of the Muslim world with particular emphasis on Persian and Arabic popular literature.
Ulrich Marzolph, Dr. Phil. (1981), is a retired adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany. His field of expertise is the narrative culture of the Muslim world with particular emphasis on Persian and Arabic popular literature.
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