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Rastegar, Kamran.

Literary modernity between the Middle East and Europe : textual transactions in nineteenth-century Arabic, English, and Persian literatures / Kamran Rastegar. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2007 (2010 printing). - xv, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; 17 .

Bibliography: p. 162-172.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

The literary abacus : transactions in nineteenth-century Arabic, English, and Persian literatures -- Biographies of the Arabian nights, an English chapter -- Modern Arabic and Persian biographies of the Arabian nights -- The inner subjects of Arabic and Persian travel texts on Europe -- On nothing and everything : travel, conversion, and the transformation of (Ahmad) Faris al-Shidyaq, Arab observer of Europe -- Transactions and translations: Hajji Baba Ispahani's value between English and Persian readerships -- Conclusion : towards critical philology.

0415425654 (hbk.) 9780415597449 (pbk.) 0203939786 (ebk.) 9780415425650 (hbk.) 9780203939789 (ebk.)

2007008704


Arabian nights.


English literature--Arab influences--19th century.
Arabic literature--English influences--19th century.
Persian literature--English influences.
English literature--Iranian influences.
Comparative literature--English and Arabic.
Comparative literature--Arabic and English.
Comparative literature--English and Persian.
Comparative literature--Persian and English.

PR129.A65 / R37 2007

809.8956 / RAL
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