"The seven essays in this conference volume offer a wide range of methodological approaches..." David Pinault, Journal of the American Oriental Society

• Introduction Fedwa Malti-Douglas; 1. The Thousand and One Nights in Arabic literature and society André Miquel; 2. Historical and mythical Baghdad in the tale of Ali b. Bakkar and Shams al-Nahar, or the resurgence of the imaginary Jamel Eddine Bencheikh; 3. Aja'ib in The Thousand and One Nights Roy P. Mottahedeh; 4. Shahrazad Feminist Fedwa Malti-Douglas; 5. Nihil obstat in storytelling? Seeger A. Bonebakker; 6. From history to fiction: the tale told by the King's steward in The Thousand and One Nights Muhsin H. Mahdi; 7. Ancient Near Eastern traditions in The Thousand and One Nights Stanislav Segert.

"The seven essays in this conference volume offer a wide range of methodological approaches..." David Pinault, Journal of the American Oriental Society

• Introduction Fedwa Malti-Douglas; 1. The Thousand and One Nights in Arabic literature and society André Miquel; 2. Historical and mythical Baghdad in the tale of Ali b. Bakkar and Shams al-Nahar, or the resurgence of the imaginary Jamel Eddine Bencheikh; 3. Aja'ib in The Thousand and One Nights Roy P. Mottahedeh; 4. Shahrazad Feminist Fedwa Malti-Douglas; 5. Nihil obstat in storytelling? Seeger A. Bonebakker; 6. From history to fiction: the tale told by the King's steward in The Thousand and One Nights Muhsin H. Mahdi; 7. Ancient Near Eastern traditions in The Thousand and One Nights Stanislav Segert.

"The seven essays in this conference volume offer a wide range of methodological approaches..." David Pinault, Journal of the American Oriental Society

• Introduction Fedwa Malti-Douglas; 1. The Thousand and One Nights in Arabic literature and society André Miquel; 2. Historical and mythical Baghdad in the tale of Ali b. Bakkar and Shams al-Nahar, or the resurgence of the imaginary Jamel Eddine Bencheikh; 3. Aja'ib in The Thousand and One Nights Roy P. Mottahedeh; 4. Shahrazad Feminist Fedwa Malti-Douglas; 5. Nihil obstat in storytelling? Seeger A. Bonebakker; 6. From history to fiction: the tale told by the King's steward in The Thousand and One Nights Muhsin H. Mahdi; 7. Ancient Near Eastern traditions in The Thousand and One Nights Stanislav Segert.