ISBN:
9789462988798
Language:
English
Pages:
172 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Portraits
DDC:
398.22
Keywords:
Cuper, Gisbert
;
Galland, Antoine
;
Alf laila wa-laila
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
;
Buchdruck
;
Orientalisierende Literatur
;
Kultur
;
Niederlande
;
Arabian nights
;
Orientalism / Netherlands / History / 18th century
;
Arabian nights
;
Orientalism
;
Netherlands
;
History
;
Galland, Antoine 1646-1715
;
Cuper, Gisbert 1644-1716
;
Alf laila wa-laila
;
Niederlande
;
Orientalisierende Literatur
;
Buchdruck
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
Abstract:
Antoine Galland's French translation of the '1001 Nights' started appearing in 1704. One year later a pirate edition was printed in The Hague, followed by many others. Galland entertained a lively correspondence on the subject with the Dutch intellectual and statesman Gisbert Cuper (1644-1716). Dutch orientalists privately owned editions of the 'Nights' and discreetly collected manuscripts of Arabic fairytales. In 1719 the 'Nights' were first retranslated into Dutch by the wealthy Amsterdam silk merchant and financier Gilbert de Flines (Amsterdam 1690 - London 1739). This book explores not only the trail of the French and Dutch editions from the eighteenth-century Dutch Republic and the role of the printers and illustrators, but also the mixed sentiments of embarrassment and appreciation, and the overall literary impact of the 'Nights' on a Protestant nation in a century when French cultural influence ruled supreme
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index
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