The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism in the Dutch Republic, 1700-1800
Richard van Leeuwen, Arnoud Vrolijk
- Title
- The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism in the Dutch Republic, 1700-1800
- Subtitle
- Antoine Galland, Ghisbert Cuper and Gilbert de Flines
- Price
- € 45,99
- ISBN
- 9789048541126
- Format
- eBook PDF (Adobe DRM)
- Number of pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 30 - 04 - 2019
- Dimensions
- 17 x 24 cm
- Discipline
- Asian Studies
- Also available as
- Hardback - € 45,95
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Thousand and one nights and literary Orientalism in Europe
Chapter 2 Dutch Orientalism before 1700
Chapter 3 Antoine Galland and Ghisbert Cuper
Chapter 4 The early editions of the Nights
Chapter 5 Gilbert de Flines
Chapter 6 Later editions in the eighteenth century
Chapter 7 Dutch Orientalism in the eighteenth century
Conclusion
Appendix 1 Bibliographic survey of Dutch editions, 1705-1807
Appendix 2 The David Coster engravings
Appendix 3 Text samples of the Dutch Nights
Appendix 4 French and Dutch quotations
Illustration credits
Bibliography
Index
Colophon
Reviews and Features
"In their richly illustrated, beautifully written, and highly informative book Richard van Leeuwen, lecturer in Islamic studies at the University of Amsterdam, and Arnoud Vrolijk, the curator of Oriental manuscripts and rare books at the Leiden University Library, have tackled the Dutch fortunes of Antoine Galland’s French translation of the Thousand and One Nights." - Alastair Hamilton, The Warburg Institute, BMGN Low Countries Historical Review, Volume 135 (2020)
Richard van Leeuwen, Arnoud Vrolijk
The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism in the Dutch Republic, 1700-1800
Antoine Galland, Ghisbert Cuper and Gilbert de Flines
Antoine Galland’s French translation of the Thousand and One Nights appeared 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 fairy tales. In 1719 the Nights were first retranslated into Dutch by the wealthy Amsterdam silk merchant and financier Gilbert de Flines (Amsterdam 1690-London 1739). The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism in the Dutch Republic, 1700-1800: Antoine Galland, Ghisbert Cuper and Gilbert de Flines 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.
Authors
Richard van Leeuwen
Richard van Leeuwen teaches at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on the Thousand and One Nights and his translation of the work directly from the Arabic is widely regarded as the authoritative Dutch translation.
Arnoud Vrolijk
Dr Arnoud Vrolijk is Interpres Legati Warneriani and curator of Oriental manuscripts and rare books at Leiden University Libraries. He has published extensively on the Leiden Oriental collections and the history of Arabic scholarship in the Netherlands.
