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Title Fables of the East [electronic resource] : selected tales, 1662-1785 / edited by Ros Ballaster.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Description vii, 277 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents From The Arabian nights entertainments, 'translated' by Antoine Galland (1704-1715) -- 'The fable of the mouse, that was changed into a little girl' from The fables of Pilpay, translated by Joseph Harris (1699) -- 'The history of Commladeve' from Tales, from the Inatulla of Delhi, translated by Alexander Dow (1768) -- 'The adventures of Urad' from James Ridley, Tales of the genii (1764) -- 'The history of the Christian eunuch' from Eliza Haywood, Philidore and Placentia (1727) -- Joseph Addison, Spectator, no. 512, 12 October 1712 -- Horace Walpole, 'Mi Li, a Chinese fairy tale' from Hieroglyphic tales (1785) -- 'A voyage to Kachemire, the paradise of Indostan' from Francois Bernier, A continuation of the memories of Monsieur Bernier, translated by Henry Oxenberg (1672) -- From The general history of the Mogol Empire, compiled by Francois Catrou from the memoirs of Niccolo Manucci (1709) -- From Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M...y W...y M...e (1763) -- From Giovanni Paolo Marana, The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy, translated by William Bradshaw (1687-1694) -- From Charles Secondat de Montesquieu, Persian letters, translated by Charles Ozell (1722) -- From Oliver Goldsmith, The citizen of the world (1762).
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Fables, Oriental.
Fables.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ballaster, Rosalind.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0199267340 (acid-free paper)
0199267359 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199267347 (acid-free paper)
9780199267354 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

 
    
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