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Arabian Society in the Middle Ages: Studies From The Thousand and One Nights

Edward William Lane

Psychology & SocietyEnglish
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While translating the Thousand and One Nights, Edward William Lane wrote long notes explaining the world behind the stories, and in this book his…

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Author
Edward William Lane
Category
Psychology & Society
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

While translating the Thousand and One Nights, Edward William Lane wrote long notes explaining the world behind the stories, and in this book his great-nephew Stanley Lane-Poole gathered them into a portrait of medieval Arab society: belief in jinn, magic, astrology and alchemy, religion and the festivals of Islam, literature and storytellers, food and drink, music, slaves and women, marriage, the education of children, and funeral rites.

Context and significance

Lane-Poole (1854–1931), himself a historian of the Muslim world, published the collection in 1883. It is sometimes criticised for using the Egyptian customs of Lane's own day to explain the medieval past, but it is still a vivid guide to the background of the Nights. Compare The Arabian Nights Entertainments and Lane's Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians.

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