The 1001 Nights

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Explores the origins, performance, reception, adaptation, and translation of the 1001 Nights , one of the most beloved and influential story collections in world literature. We will spend the semester in the company of genies, princes, liars, slaves, mass murderers, orientalists, and Walt Disney, and will consider the Nights in the context of its various literary, artistic, and cinematic afterlives.