: The Burton Club, 1885 Note: Followed by vol 2 PG3436: Language: English: LoC Class: PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures: Subject: Fairy tales Subject: Tales - Arab countries. This work has been influential in the West since it was translated in the 18th century, first by Antoine Galland. Shahrazad uses the power of story-telling (narrative) to ward off tyranny and suspend time Framing narrative begins in prologue. Many imitations were written, especially in France. Various characters from this epic have themselves become cultural icons in Western culture, such as Aladdin, Sinbad and Ali Baba. Part of its popularity may have sprung from the increasing historical and geographical knowledge, so that places of which little was known and so marvels were plausible had to be set further "long ago" or farther "far away" this is a process that continues, and finally culminate in the fantasy world having little connection, if any, to actual times and places. ![]() Several elements from Arabian mythology and Persian mythology are now common in modern fantasy, such as genies, magic carpets, magic lamps, etc.
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