1st Edition
The Thousand and One Nights Space, Travel and Transformation
By Richard van Leeuwen
Copyright 2007
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume discusses The Thousand and One Nights ' themes of space and travel showing how they are used not only as a setting in which the story unfolds, but also as the dynamic force which propels the heroes and the story to the final dénouement.
These events often symbolize a process of transformation, in which the hero has to search for his destined role or strive to attain the... Read more
Introduction.
Chapter 1 - Travelling, boundaries and narratives
Chapter 2 - Roads to power
Chapter 3 - Night and day: the two faces of man
Chapter 4 - Marginality, individuality and the traveller
Chapter 5 - The Spirit of place
Chapter 6 - The domains of love
Chapter 7 - Magic and the logic of narrative space
Chapter 8 - Some conclusions
Bibliography
Biography
Richard van Leeuwen
