Ulrich Marzolph is professor of Islamic Studies at the Georg-August University, Gottingen, Germany, and a senior member of the editorial committee of the Enzyklopadie des Marchens, an international handbook of comparative folk narrative research. He is the editor of The Arabian Nights Reader (Wayne State University Press, 2006).
All of the articles are interesting and well-organized, and as a
whole they avoid tedious duplication. One of the recurrent findings
of recent studies of the Arabian Nights is that this collection
often inspires its compilers, translators, and even scholars to
participate in its tradition by improving, elaborating, retelling,
or adding new material. Its powers of inspiration are evident in
this collection of scholarship as well."-- "Journal of Folklore
Research"
This volume of nineteen essays is a noteworthy and fascinating
contribution to our understanding of the Arabian Nights and its
cross-cultural history and influence. The essays are insightful and
illuminating, and the collection itself is a valuable addition to
the comparative study of literary translation and the intra- and
intercultural responses that it provokes. The editor and authors
are to be congratulated."--Peter Heath "provost of the American
University of Beirut"
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