A sequel to "A Thousand and One Nights." In two volumes.
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A sequel to "A Thousand and One Nights." In two volumes.
99.99 €
"The Continuation of One Thousand and One Nights" (1788-1789) is the final work by Jacques Cazotte (1719-1792), a French writer, mystic, Kabbalist, and Martinist, believed by his contemporaries to possess the gift of foresight. He gained popularity in Russia thanks to his famous Gothic fantasy fairy tale novel, The Devil in Love (published in 1772; in 1967, it was published in the Literary Monuments series as part of the collection Fantastic Stories).
The writer's intense fascination with the mysterious East and the resounding success in Europe of Antoine Galland's (1646-1715) French translation of One Thousand and One Nights (1704-1711) inspired Cazotte to create a continuation of Galland's work. Since then, both collections of fairy tales have been published together several times.
Cazotte's work is considered the most masterful continuation of Galland's work. This is not surprising, as Cazotte based his collection on the original Arabic manuscript of tales, specially translated for him, successfully combining them with his own stylization and adaptation for the modern reader.
With the appearance of new translations of various versions of "One Thousand and One Nights" in European languages, Cazotte's work was gradually forgotten. This edition aims to fill this gap. This collection reproduces the wonderful illustrations by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), created for Cazotte's tales as part of a series of illustrations for the famous French multi-volume collection "The Cabinet of the Fairies" (1785-1789). In addition to Cazotte's tales, the book also contains an essay about him by Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855), accompanied by classic engravings by Edouard de Beaumont (1821–1888).
The writer's intense fascination with the mysterious East and the resounding success in Europe of Antoine Galland's (1646-1715) French translation of One Thousand and One Nights (1704-1711) inspired Cazotte to create a continuation of Galland's work. Since then, both collections of fairy tales have been published together several times.
Cazotte's work is considered the most masterful continuation of Galland's work. This is not surprising, as Cazotte based his collection on the original Arabic manuscript of tales, specially translated for him, successfully combining them with his own stylization and adaptation for the modern reader.
With the appearance of new translations of various versions of "One Thousand and One Nights" in European languages, Cazotte's work was gradually forgotten. This edition aims to fill this gap. This collection reproduces the wonderful illustrations by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), created for Cazotte's tales as part of a series of illustrations for the famous French multi-volume collection "The Cabinet of the Fairies" (1785-1789). In addition to Cazotte's tales, the book also contains an essay about him by Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855), accompanied by classic engravings by Edouard de Beaumont (1821–1888).
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Literary monuments