Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West
Tetsuo Nishio
2. See the titles of some major translations: John Payne, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first completely done into English prose and verse, from the original Arabic, 9 vols. (1882–84); Richard Burton, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entitled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, 10 vols. (1885); J.C. Mardrus, Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit: Traduction littérale et complète du texte arabe par le Dr. J.C. Mardrus, ...