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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01h128nh41h| Title: | The Story of Anas al-Wujud : Nineteenth-century verse recensions of an Arabian Nights tale in Egyptian colloquial Arabic |
| Other Titles: | Qiṣṣat Anas al-Wujūd : baʻḍ al-ṣiyagh al-shiʻrīyah li-qiṣṣah min qiṣaṣ Alf laylah wa-laylah al-maktūbah bi-al-ʻāmīyah al-Miṣrīyah fī awāʼil al-qarn al-tāsiʻ ʻashar قصة انس الوجود : بعض الصيغ الشعرية لقصة من قصص الف ليلة وليلة المكتوبة بالعامية المصرية في اوائل القرن التاسع عشر |
| Contributors: | Muehlhaeusler, Mark |
| Keywords: | Arabian Nights Uns al-Wujud Tales Folk literature |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Faenum Publishing, Ltd. |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford |
| Description: | "This book presents seven parallel versions of a story from the Arabian Nights. The texts are an important source for the study of vernacular Arabic, and for the history and development of popular literature in Egypt around the turn of the nineteenth century. Text in Arabic, with an introduction and preliminary notes in English. The publication of this work was made possible with a grant from the Office of the Vice-Provost for Research at the American University in Cairo--Page ii. --About the author: Mark Muehlhaeusler is an academic librarian, and Director of the Centre for Excellence for the Middle East and Arab Cultures at the American University in Cairo. His research focuses on the history of Arabic texts, as evidenced in papyri and manuscripts." |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01h128nh41h |
| ISBN: | 9781940997186 |
| ISSN: | 1940997186 |
| Related resource: | http://www.faenumpublishing.com/uploads/2/3/9/8/23987979/the_story_of_anas_al-wujud.pdf |
| Appears in Collections: | Monographic reports and papers (Publicly Accessible) |
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