Continuation of "A Thousand and One Nights". In 2 volumes
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Continuation of "A Thousand and One Nights". In 2 volumes
99.99 €
"The Continuation of the Thousand and One Nights" (1788-1789) is the last work of Jacques Cazotte (1719-1792), a French writer, mystic, Kabbalist and Martinist, who, as his contemporaries believed, possessed the gift of foresight. In our country, he gained popularity thanks to the famous Gothic fantasy fairy tale novel "The Devil in Love" (published in 1772; in 1967 it was released in the Literary Monuments series as part of the collection "Fantastic Stories"). The writer's serious fascination with the mysterious East and the resounding success in Europe of the French translation of "The Thousand and One Nights" (1704-1711), completed by Antoine Galland (1646-1715), prompted Cazotte to create a continuation of Galland's collection. Since then, both fairy tale collections have been published together several times. Cazot's work is considered the most skillful continuation of Galland's undertaking. And this is not surprising, because Cazot based his collection on the original Arabic manuscript of fairy 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 "A Thousand and One Nights" in European languages, Cazot's work was gradually forgotten. This edition is intended to fill this gap. This collection reproduces the wonderful illustrations by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), created by him for Cazot's fairy tales as part of a cycle of illustrations for the famous French multi-volume collection "The Cabinet of 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).
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- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Literary monuments