Marvellous Thieves : : Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights / / Paulo Lemos Horta.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Horta, Paulo Lemos,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.) :; 26 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; A Note on Terminology --; Introduction --; 1. The Storyteller and the Sultan of France --; 2. Marvellous Thieves --; 3. The Empire of English --; 4. The Magician’s Interpreter --; 5. The Wiles of Women --; 6. Stealing with Style --; 7. The False Caliph --; Notes --; Acknowledgements --; Illustration Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674973725; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674973725
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paulo Lemos Horta.

Ranging from the coffeehouses of Aleppo to the salons of Paris, from Calcutta to London, Paulo Lemos Horta introduces the poets and scholars, pilgrims and charlatans who made largely unacknowledged contributions to Arabian Nights. Each version betrays the distinctive cultural milieu in which it was produced.