The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- First Published: 1706
- Type of Work: Tales
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction, Adventure, Folklore
- Subjects: Voyages, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Robbery or robbers, Storytelling, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Folklore, India or East Indian people, Sailing or sailors, China or Chinese people, Middle East, Genies or jinns, Persia, Arabs, Fables
- Locales: China, India, Arabia
Little is known of the sources of the group of stories that has come to be known as The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, The Thousand and One Nights, or simply The Arabian Nights. The identities of the many authors who contributed to it remain unknown, as do the dates of its composition. As is the case with any group of folktales whose origins are largely oral, many of its stories have been changed or fused over the centuries.
Though the collection remained unknown in the West until the 18th century, many of the stories were probably enjoyed by Arab and...
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