The Art of Story-telling: A Literary Study of the Thousand and One Nights

10th century Abbasid ABDALLÂH Abu el-Hasan ABU ESH-SHAMÂT Abu Nuwâs adventures ALÂ ED-DÎN Allah anecdotes appears Arabic art of story-telling AWAKENED SLEEPER Baghdad Baghdadian BAIBARS Barmecide Basra Bedouin Breslau Budûr Bulak Burton Calcutta caliph century Chap character Chauvin City of Brass creator demon dinars dirhems Egyptian el-Mamûn el-Mausili episode European fairy-tale fisherman framed stories Galland GHÂNIM girl gives Golden Meadows Harûn cycle Harûn er-Rashid Harûn stories Hasan hero historical ibn Bakkâr Ibrahîm Ishâk Ja'far Jaudar jeweller Kamar ez-Zamân Khalifa king Kût el-Kulûb lady Zubaida Lane later literary Littmann love-stories lovers Mardrus Mas'udi Masrûr merchant moral motif Mûsa narrator Nights Nûr ed-Dîn orphan stories Payne Persian pieces pious plot present prince princess redaction remarkable rhyming prose seems sheik shows SINDBAD THE SAILOR slave-girl tale tell theme things told transl translation verse vizir Voyage whole woman Zotenberg