The sequel to One Thousand and One Nights. In 2 volumes.
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The sequel to One Thousand and One Nights. In 2 volumes.
99.99 €
"Continuation of "One Thousand and One Nights" (1788-1789) - the last work of Jacques Cazotte (1719 - 1792), a French writer, mystic, Kabbalist and Martinist, who possessed, as contemporaries believed, the gift of foresight. In our country, he gained popularity thanks to the famous gothic-fantasy novel-tale "The Devil in Love" (published in 1772; in 1967 it was published in the series "Literary Monuments" as part of the collection "Fantastic Stories").
The writer's passion for the mysterious East and the resounding success in Europe of the French translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704-1711) by Antoine Gallant (1646-1715) prompted Cazotte to create a sequel to Gallant's corpus. Since then, the two tale collections have been published together many times. Casot's work is considered the most skillful continuation of Gallan's endeavor. And this is not surprising, for Qazot 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 in European languages of new translations of various versions of "One Thousand and One Nights", Qazot's work was gradually forgotten. The present edition is intended to fill this lacuna. This collection reproduces the remarkable illustrations by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), which he created for the tales of Casotte as part of a cycle of illustrations for the famous French multivolume corpus "Cabinet of Fairies" (1785-1789). In addition to Cazotte's tales, the book includes an essay on him by Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855), accompanied by classical engravings by Édouard de Beaumont (1821-1888).
The writer's passion for the mysterious East and the resounding success in Europe of the French translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704-1711) by Antoine Gallant (1646-1715) prompted Cazotte to create a sequel to Gallant's corpus. Since then, the two tale collections have been published together many times. Casot's work is considered the most skillful continuation of Gallan's endeavor. And this is not surprising, for Qazot 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 in European languages of new translations of various versions of "One Thousand and One Nights", Qazot's work was gradually forgotten. The present edition is intended to fill this lacuna. This collection reproduces the remarkable illustrations by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), which he created for the tales of Casotte as part of a cycle of illustrations for the famous French multivolume corpus "Cabinet of Fairies" (1785-1789). In addition to Cazotte's tales, the book includes an essay on him by Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855), accompanied by classical engravings by Édouard de Beaumont (1821-1888).
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Literary monuments