Guest Editor's Introduction The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called in England The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, a new translation from the Arabic with copious notes by Edward William Eane, Hon. M.R.S.E. etc., Author of 'The Modern Egyptian." Illustrated by many hundred engravings on...

The Prologue Tale Nights 756-78 of the Arabic-language Bulaq edition of Arabian Nights comprise a prologue to the tale that follows. The Bulaq edition is widely known, enjoys broad acceptance, and is routinely used as a reference source. The tale itself, reproduced in...

Essay discusses the Merchant's motivation for telling "The Merchant's Tale" as part of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales."

The irony used in the poem, allows us to appreciate the truth, see the delusion of the characters, and that creates humour. Chaucer's satire is well valued, and trusted.