Open AccessIntroduction to the Study of “Kitab al-Hikayat al-‘Ajiba wa-l- Akhbar al-Ghariba”
Author(s) -
María Luisa,
Arvide Cambra,
Luisa Arvide
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of english literature and language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2767-2964
DOI - 10.31829/2767-2964/jell2020-1(1)-101
Subject(s) - arabic , narrative , history , literature , art , art history , humanities , philosophy , linguistics
The Kitab al-Ḥikāyāt al-‘Ajība wa-l-Akhbār al-Gharība (Book of Amazing Stories and Rare News) is an anonymous work written in Arabic that collects forty-two stories which are similar to those found included in compendia of popular Arab literature of the Middle Ages, such as The Thousand and One Nights. This article is an introduction to its study, and it includes the editions and the translations made on this interesting book as well as its narrative structure and content, according to the manuscript Istanbul Ayasofya Müzesi no.3397, edited by Hans Wehr and Alexander von Bulmerincq in 1956.