Thousand and One Nights - Space, Travel and Transformation

Informationen zum Autor Richard van Leeuwen Klappentext This book examines The Thousand and One Nights in terms of the tales' narrative and in particular using the idea of the journey and mobility as a tool to understanding the work. Zusammenfassung This book examines The Thousand and One Nights in terms of the tales' narrative and in particular using the idea of the journey and mobility as a tool to understanding the work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Travelling, Boundaries and Narratives 2. Roads to Power 3. Night and Day: The Two Faces of Man 4. Marginality, Individuality and the Traveller 5. The Spirit of Place 6. The Domains of Love 7. Magic and the Logic of Narrative Space 8. Some Conclusions

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard van Leeuwen, Richard (University of Amsterdam Van Leeuwen, van Leeuwen Richard
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 04.12.2006
• EAN: 9780415400398
• ISBN: 978-0-415-40039-8
• Seiten: 170
• Serien: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures; Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Middle East, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, Literature: history and criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General