The Thousand and One Nights and Twentieth-Century Fiction
Author | : Richard van Leeuwen |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 842 |
Release | : 2018-07-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004362697 |
ISBN-13 | : 900436269X |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Thousand and One Nights and Twentieth-Century Fiction written by Richard van Leeuwen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Thousand and One Nights and Twentieth-Century Fiction, Richard van Leeuwen challenges conventional perceptions of the development of 20th-century prose by arguing that Thousand and One Nights, as an intertextual model, has been a crucial influence on authors who have contributed to shaping the main literary currents in 20th-century world literature, inspiring new forms and concepts of literature and texts.