One Hundred and One Nights (book)
One Hundred and One Nights (
The origin of the work is a mystery.
The themes and narrative structure are very similar to those of the One Thousand and One Nights — having as setting the immense Muslim world, the stories talk about intrepid travellers, epic and romantic adventures, and enigmas, desires and wonders, which enchant the reader.[3] Besides the other similarities to the One Thousand and One Nights, One Hundred and One Nights has the same heroine — Scheherazade — but it is thought to be older. With the exception of the tales of "The Ebony Horse" and the "Seven Viziers", also present in "One Thousand and One Nights", the stories are different in the two works. However, the spirit of both is the same and the scholars consider that the reading of each one of them complements the other and allows a more complete appreciation of mediaeval Arabian literature.[2] According to Claudia Ott, while One Thousand and One Nights talks about the Eastern Arab world, One Hundred and One Nights takes place in the Western Arab world.[5]
References
- ^ a b Ott, Claudia; Mudhoon, Loay (interviewer) (18 June 2010), Interview with Claudia OttA New Chapter in the History of Arab Literature, Qantara.de, retrieved 13 June 2013
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b c "les Cent et Une Nuits (mi'at layla wa layla)", Encyclopédie Larousse (in French), retrieved 13 June 2013
- ^ ISBN 978-2-7427-1762-0, archived from the originalon 4 July 2014, retrieved 13 June 2013
- ^ a b Perrin, Charles-Edmond (1957), "Éloge funèbre de M. Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes, membre libre résidant de l'Académie", Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French), 101 (3): 277, retrieved 13 June 2013
- ^ a b Abou Bakr, Thoraia (12 February 2013), "A Hundred and One Nights translated into German", Daily News Egypt, retrieved 13 June 2013
- ^ Gaudefroy-Demombynes, Maurice (trad.) (1911), Les cent et une nuits (first edition in French), E. Guilmoto, retrieved 13 June 2013
- ISBN 9783641100988
- ISBN 9780814745199.
- ^ ‘Arabian Nights’ has a smaller sibling, Mai Elwakil, Egypt Independent, February 28, 2013