Leeuwen / Vrolijk The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism in the Dutch Republic, 1700-1800

Antoine Galland, Ghisbert Cuper and Gilbert de Flines
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-90-485-4112-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten

This book explores the reception of the 1001 Nights in eighteenth-century Dutch literature and scholarship, and the bibliographic history of its French-language editions and Dutch retranslations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leeuwen, Richard

Vrolijk, Arnoud

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1 The Thousand and one nights and literary Orientalism in Europe Chapter 2 Dutch Orientalism before 1700 Chapter 3 Antoine Galland and Ghisbert Cuper Chapter 4 The early editions of the Nights Chapter 5 Gilbert de Flines Chapter 6 Later editions in the eighteenth century Chapter 7 Dutch Orientalism in the eighteenth century Conclusion Appendix 1 Bibliographic survey of Dutch editions, 1705-1807 Appendix 2 The David Coster engravings Appendix 3 Text samples of the Dutch Nights Appendix 4 French and Dutch quotations Illustration credits Bibliography Index Colophon

Über Autor(innen)

Leeuwen Richard:
Richard van Leeuwen teaches at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on the Thousand and One Nights and his translation of the work directly from the Arabic is widely regarded as the authoritative Dutch translation.Vrolijk Arnoud:
Arnoud Vrolijk is Curator of Oriental Manuscripts and Rare Books at Leiden University. He has published several books on the history of Arabic scholarship in the Netherlands.