The Thousand and One Nights

This book examines The Thousand and One Nights in terms of the tales' narrative and in particular using the idea of the journey and mobility as a tool to understanding the work.

Richard van Leeuwen

Introduction 1. Travelling, Boundaries and Narratives 2. Roads to Power 3. Night and Day: The Two Faces of Man 4. Marginality, Individuality and the Traveller 5. The Spirit of Place 6. The Domains of Love 7. Magic and the Logic of Narrative Space 8. Some Conclusions