The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism in the Dutch Republic, 1700-1800 : Antoine Galland, Ghisbert Cuper and Gilbert de Flines

Leeuwen, Richard van/ Vrolijk, Arnoud

Amsterdam University Press（2019/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 172 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789462988798
• DDC分類 839.310093559

Full Description

Antoine Galland's French translation of the Thousand and One Nights appeared in 1704. One year later a pirate edition was printed in The Hague, followed by many others. Galland entertained a lively correspondence on the subject with the Dutch intellectual and statesman Gisbert Cuper (1644-1716). Dutch orientalists privately owned editions of the

Contents

Preface, Introduction, 1. The Thousand and one nights and literary Orientalism in Europe, 2. Dutch Orientalism before 1700, 3. Antoine Galland and Ghisbert Cuper, 4. The early editions of the Nights, 5. Gilbert de Flines, 6. Later editions in the eighteenth century, 7. Dutch Orientalism in the eighteenth century, Conclusion, Appendices, Bibliography, Index, Colophon