Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Is There an Islamic Context for The Thousand and One Nights 1
5. 1. The Islamic Factor in Global Times 21
6. 2. The Unifying Islamic Factor 52
7. 3. The Age of Muslim Empire and the Burgeoning of a Text 106
8. 4. The Changing Order 145
9. 5. Nonreligious Displacements in Popular Tradition 197
10. 6. The Public Role in Islamic Narrative Theorizations 228
11. 7. Scheherazade’s Nonverbal Narratives in Religious Contexts 250
12. Conclusions 279
13. Notes 281
14. Bibliography 307
15. Index 319