Title: The thousand and one nights : space, travel and transformation /
Authors: Leeuwen, Richard van
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Arabian nights.; Space and time in literature.; Travel in literature.
Abstract: "In many stories of the well-known masterpiece of Arabic literature, the Thousand and one nights, themes and motifs of space and travel are of essential importance for the structure of the narrative. This volume discusses these themes and shows that they are used not only as a setting in which the story to the final denouement."--Jacket.
Contents: Travelling, boundaries and narratives -- Roads to power -- Night and day : the two faces of man -- Marginality, individuality and the traveller -- The spirit of place -- The domains of love -- Magic and the logic of narrative space -- Some conclusions.