The Past We Share, The Near Eastern Ancestry of Western Folk Literature
by Ranelagh, E L
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Quartet Books, London and elsewhere, 1979, first edition; 8vo, pp [x], 278; 25 illustrations, some as individual plates and others on the one plate; dull red cloth boards, pictorial dust wrapper, very good copy. Mediaeval European culture was Greek, Latin and arabic but the Arabic thread, as with comparable influence in mathematics and medicine, has largely been overlooked, its not being recognised that the form and content of literature largely assumed to be exclusively western owe a significant debt to this Arab heritage. The book traces the spread of this culture from the east, using a rich collection of biblical and other stories, including erotic material such as those of Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Alexander the Great, and more, and draws on the great seminal tale collections such as Disciplina Clericalis and The Arabian Nights.
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- Chesil Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000491
- Title
- The Past We Share, The Near Eastern Ancestry of Western Folk Literature
- Author
- Ranelagh, E L
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1.42 lbs
- Keywords
- Soloman; Queen of Sheba; Potiphar; Joseph; Rembrandt; Arabian Nights; Alexander the Great; Disciplina Clericalis Authorship, Arabic, Ancient & Classical, Middle Eastern
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