The Making of Arabian Nights

arabiannightsbooks.com), specifically in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Squire's floor" and some of the tales from Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, both from the 14th Century (Rebold Benton and DiYanni 268). It was not until 1704, however, when Antoine Galland translated and adapted the first volume of tales from a 14th Century Syrian manuscript into a contemporary French edition, Les Milles et Une Nuits: Contes Arabes, that the western hemisphereern serviceman felt the full impact of these stories (Schacker-Mill 167;Hafernik and Renault www.arabiannightsbooks.com).

One of the events that influenced the popularity of this collection was when Galland and his publisher, deficient to keep their readership interested, and "furnish more copy," decided to include tales in the Alf Layla wa Layla that had never previously been integrated (Schacker-Mill 167). These latter tales, which were to constitute among the most popular, included "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," "The Voyages of Sinbad," and "Aladdin and the Lamp" (Hafernik and Renault www.arabiannightsbooks.com). While some scholars desire Galland "made up" these tales, others contend that he "borrowed" them from outside sources, both ancient and contemporary (Hafernik and Renault www.arabiannightsbooks.com; Schacker-Mill 167). Despite this deception, however, his translation was in more demand. His French translation was then pirated and unofficially translated into English - so influenc

Alf Layla wa Layla. Sir Richard Burton and Edward Lang, translators. Presented by the electronic Literary Foundation (ELF). 1999. Accessed online March 3, 2004 at: http://www.arabiannights.org/index2.

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ing an complete generation of 18th Century writers including Jonathon Swift, Joseph Addison, Alexander Pope, Thomas Warton, Horace Walpole, Laurence Sterne, pack Beattie, and John Hawkesworth (Hafernik and Renault www.arabiannightsbooks.com).

Hafernik, Rob and Margaret Renault. "Origins of the Arabian Nights." Arabian Nights Books. 2001. Accessed online March 3, 2004 at: http://www.arabiannightsbooks.com/background.php

As Ramadan points out, writers from the Romantics like Coleridge, to the more realistic O. Henry, were "greatly inspired by the mysterious and magical East" specially when compared to the gray Industrial Revolution of the West (Ramadan www.middleeastuk.com). Indeed, the predilection the West has for the exoticism of the Alf Layla wa Layla has continued into the 20th and 21st light speed with the advent of filmmaking.

It was not until 1838, when Edward Lane published An Arabian Night's Entertainments, that the Alf Layla wa Layla was "officially" translated into an annotated English edition (Schacker-Mill 164). Edward Lane, having studi
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