The Islamic Context of The Thousand and One Nights / / Muhsin al-Musawi.
In this fascinating study, Muhsin J. al-Musawi shows how deeply Islamic heritage and culture is embedded in the tales of The Thousand and One Nights (known to many as the Arabian Nights) and how this integration invites readers to make an Islamic milieu. Conservative Islam dismisses The Thousand and...
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al-Musawi, Muhsin, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Islamic Context of The Thousand and One Nights / Muhsin al-Musawi. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2009] ©2009 1 online resource (352 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In this fascinating study, Muhsin J. al-Musawi shows how deeply Islamic heritage and culture is embedded in the tales of The Thousand and One Nights (known to many as the Arabian Nights) and how this integration invites readers to make an Islamic milieu. Conservative Islam dismisses The Thousand and One Nights as facile popular literature, and liberal views disregard the rich Islamic context of the text. Approaching the text with a fresh and unbiased eye, al-Musawi reads the tales against Islamic schools of thought and theology and recovers persuasive historical evidence to reveal the cultural and religious struggle over Islam that drives the book's narrative tension and binds its seemingly fragmented stories.Written by a number of authors over a stretch of centuries, The Thousand and One Nights depicts a burgeoning, urban Islamic culture in all its variety and complexity. As al-Musawi demonstrates, the tales document their own places and periods of production, reflecting the Islamic individual's growing exposure to a number of entertainments and temptations and their conflict with the obligations of faith. Aimed at a diverse audience, these stories follow a narrative arc that begins with corruption and ends with redemption, conforming to a paradigm that concurs with the sociological and religious concerns of Islam and the Islamic state. By emphasizing Islam in his analysis of these entertaining and instructional tales, al-Musawi not only illuminates the work's consistent equation between art and life, but he also sheds light on its underlying narrative power. His study offers a brilliant portrait of medieval Islam as well, especially its social, political, and economic institutions and its unique practices of storytelling. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Arabic literature History and criticism. Arabic literature Islamic influences. Islam in literature. RELIGION / Islam / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231146340 https://doi.org/10.7312/al-m14634 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231519465 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231519465/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- 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 |
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