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050 00 $aPZ8$b.A85 2014
082 00 $a398.22$223
245 04 $aThe Arabian nights :$ban anthology /$cwith an introduction by Wen-chin Ouyang ; selection and arrangement by Wen-chin Ouyang and Paulo Lemos Horta.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2014.
300 $axxv, 892 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aEveryman's Library ;$v361
500 $aTranslated from the Arabic.
500 $a"The Arabian Nights has previously appeared in Everyman's Library in different translations in 1907 and in 1992/1998"--Title page verso.
500 $a"Translation has played a key role in the formation of The Arabian Nights as we know it ... Editor Wen-chin Ouyang has compiled a carefully chosen selection from influential English translations, showcasing the strengths of different translators, including Richard Burton, Edward Lane, Jonathan Scott, and John Payne"--Jacket.
500 $aIncludes tales translated by N.J. Dawood, Ursula Lyons and J.C. Mardrus.
520 $aA collection of tales told by Scheherazade to amuse the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages xxiii-xxv).
650 0 $aTales$zArabian Peninsula.
650 0 $aArabic literature$vTranslations into English.
650 7 $aArabic literature$xTranslations into English.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00812514
650 7 $aTales.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01142246
651 7 $aArabian Peninsula.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01240131
700 1 $aOuyang, Wen-chin,$eeditor,$ewriter of introduction.
700 1 $aHorta, Paulo Lemos,$eeditor.
700 1 $aBurton, Richard Francis,$cSir,$d1821-1890,$etranslator.
700 1 $aDawood, N. J.,$etranslator.
700 1 $aLane, Edward William,$d1801-1876,$etranslator.
700 1 $aLyons, U.$q(Ursula),$etranslator.
700 1 $aMardrus, J. C.$q(Joseph Charles),$d1868-1949,$etranslator.
700 1 $aScott, Jonathan,$d1754-1829,$etranslator.
700 1 $aPayne, John,$d1842-1916,$etranslator.
830 0 $aEveryman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)
852 00 $bglx$hPZ8$i.A85 2014