Irwin, Robert
Irwin, Robert (1946– ),English scholar and writer, whose academic works such as The Arabic Beast Fable (1992) and The Arabian Nights: A Companion (1994) have made major contributions towards understanding and interpreting literature of the Middle East. In addition, he has written a remarkable fairy‐tale novel, The Arabian Nightmare (1983, rev. 1987), in which the hero Balian explores Cairo in the 15th century, becomes entangled in the labyrinth of the city, and falls into a nightmare that is never‐ending. Irwin combines his erudition on the Middle East with conventions of Western fantasy to explore the boundaries between dream and story.
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