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LEADER: 01335nam a22002658a 4500
001 2008039653
003 DLC
005 20080910112017.0
008 080909s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008039653
020 $a9780231146340 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780231519465 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aPJ7737$b.M75 2009
082 00 $a398.220953$222
100 1 $aMūsawī, Muḥsin Jāsim.
245 14 $aThe Islamic context of the Thousand and one nights /$cMuhsin al-Musawi.
260 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$cc2009.
263 $a0905
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAcknowledgments -- Introduction: is there an Islamic context for the Thousand and one nights -- 1. The Islamic factor in global times -- 2. The unifying Islamic factor -- 3. The age of Muslim empire and the burgeoning of a text -- 4. The changing order: the role of the public in the Thousand and one nights -- 5. Nonreligious displacements in popular tradition -- 6. The public role in Islamic narrative theorizations -- 7. Scheherazade's nonverbal narratives in religious contexts -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
630 00 $aArabian nights.
650 0 $aIslam in literature.
650 0 $aArabic literature$xIslamic influences.