The 1001 Nights
An article by Professor Daniel Beaumont,University of Rochester. The article is the
introduction to Professor Beaumont's book-length study of the 1001 Nights, entitled "Slave of Desire".
Recollections of the Arabian Nights.
Lord Tennyson's poem about the Nights.
The 1002 tale of Scheherazade
Edgar Allan Poe's short story about the thousand and second night.
Tales From Arabian Nights
The Electronic Literature Foundation's Arabian Night and Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam site.
Translations of selected tales from Arabian Nights from the Burton and Lane versions are
available.
The Jews and "The Arabian Nights"
The Israel Review of Arts and Letters (1996/103) An article by Victor Bochman, he presents his arguments for
1. The Jewish contribution to the Arabian Nights;
2. Jews as personages in the Arabian Nights; and,
3. Jewish interest in the Arabian Nights
The Age of the Galland Manuscript of the Nights:
Numismatic Evidence for Dating A Manuscript.
An article by Heinz Grotzfeld in the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Volume 1 1996-97.
The importance of the age of the Galland manuscript of the Nights derives from its being the oldest manuscript extant of this text. There is no date of transcription in the
manuscript. In an earlier study, the present writer postulated 1426 as a date post quem because of the mention of the coin ashraf³ (first issued by al-Ashraf Barsb¢ay in 1426). This date
post quem has been rejected by Muhsin Mahdi, the editor of the manuscript, in a recent publication in which he attempted to identify the ashraf³ mentioned in the text with the gold coin
issued by al-Ashraf Khal³l (1290–93). This article shows that his identification is untenable, and that the Galland manuscript, in all likelihood, was not copied earlier than 1450.
The Birds of Paradise in the Arabian Nights An interesting exercise in cultural biogeography published in two parts in the April and May 1904 issues of Independent Review.
The Oriental Gothic as misrepresentation of the East. Discussed with reference to Vathek, by William Beckford, and selections from The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, by Richard Burton.
Other Language editions of Arabian Nights:
Arabic An Arabic version of the Nights can be found here. Finnish Tuhannen Ja Yhden Yon Tarinoita Suomen Lapsille II French Les Mille Et Une Nuits Sgeulachdan Arabianach Spanish Sir Richard Burton Sites:
Burtonia.org is the most complete collection of Richard
Burton writings on the web. Contains much of Burton's work as scanned page images from the originals and
text files.
Sir Richard Francis Burton A new web site dealing
with the life of Richard Burton.
Sir Richard Burton on the Web Sir Richard Francis Burton Relocating Burton: Public and Private Writings on Africa Sir Richard Francis Burton and General Charles "Chinese" Gordon Wikipedia: Richard Francis Burton The Romance of Lady Isabel Burton Mausoleum of the Burtons A group raising funds to restore the Burton
Mausoleum. The Burton Mausoleum is at Mortlake Cemetery near London where both Sir Richard F. Burton and
his wife Isabel have been laid to rest. The Mausoleum is carved in Forest of Dean stone and shaped like a
Bedouin tent. The sides on the tent are sculpted to create the illusion of canvas tugged by a desert wind.
Beneath the roof runs a frieze of Islamic stars and crescents.
Miscelaneous Related Sites:
Islamic Philosophy Online
is dedicated to the study of the philosophical output of the Muslim World. The site
contains hundreds of full length books and articles on Islamic philosophy ranging
from the classical texts in the cannon of Islamic philosophy to modern works of
Muslim students of modern philosophy.
Al-Hakawati
This website tells the story of Arab culture through regional folktales and fairy tales,
through biographies of Arab personalities ancient to modern, men and women, artists and
the arts they produced, architecture, countries and their cities and the civilizations of
the past that left their mark on the present, nature and the environment, and through the
traditions of the Arab World.
Electronic Text Sites:
Ottawa Book Collectors
Instruction on how to configure your browser to view arabic can be found
here.
Translated by Helmi Krohn.
The first European translation of Arabian Nights appeared in French in 1704. It was translated by Antoine Galland. The Bibliotheque Nationial de France
has 3 volumes available on line. These PDF files are from a nineteenth century edition.
Vol. 1,
Vol. 2,
Vol. 3
An expurgated edition of the English Nights translated into Gaelic, 1906. The stories were originally published
in the Northern Chronicle paper.
La Biblioteca Digital Ciudad Seva contiene dos versiones de Las mil y una noches. La primera consiste
de una selección de las historias más conocidas del libro, las cuales hemos enumerado más abajo. Éstas
pueden leerse en Ciudad Seva o imprimirse para leer más tarde.
A comprehensive web directory and guide to all things Burton.
Information about Sir Richard Burton, his life and writings.
The Journal of African Travel-Writing, Number 2, March 1997 (pp. 70-79). An article By Greg Garrett. Mr. Garrett looks at the
question of whether Burton was an advocate of British imperialism or, conversely, a sensitive observer of African culture.
Did Richard Burton and "Chinese" Gordon ever meet? A collection of the letters exchanged between Burton and Gordon.
Wikipedia encyclopedia entry for Richard Burton. Includes many internal links for follow-up reference.
Told in part by herself and in part by W H Wilkins, 1897.
Volume 1
Volume 2.
Literature, History and Culture in the age of Victoria. The Victorian Web is the WWW translation of Brown University's Context 61, which serves as a resource for courses in
Victorian literature. A wonderful site with hundreds of pages and links relating to all things Victorian. Topics include: Political History, Social History
Gender Matters, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Technology, Authors, Visual Artc and more. This is the era that Sir Richard Burton lived and worked in.
The OBC offers lectures on all sorts of book topics. Meetings are held monthly throught the year.
OZZ is an attempt to chart the history of English Canadian small press publishing between 1945 and the
present. Its aim is to provide students of Canadian literature with a clear path through the increasingly
dense thickets of modern and postmodern writing (mostly poetry) since the end of World War II.
The ultimate goal of OneZeroZero is to present a collection of full texts online in an effort to revive
out-of-print, and often forgotten or otherwise neglected, books in a virtual library of lost literary
history.
The Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make information, books and other
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