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Epilogue: A New Arabian Nights 后记:新的天方夜谭

Cultural Encounters with the Arabian Nights in Nineteenth-Century Britain Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443647.003.0006

Melissa Dickson

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‘For a time their world made mine’: Childhood Encounters with the Arabian Nights “有一段时间，他们的世界变成了我的世界”:《天方夜谭》中的童年故事

Cultural Encounters with the Arabian Nights in Nineteenth-Century Britain Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443647.003.0002

Melissa Dickson

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Underground Palaces and Castles in the Air: The Realms and Ruins of the Arabian Nights 地下宫殿和空中楼阁:一千零一夜的王国和废墟

Cultural Encounters with the Arabian Nights in Nineteenth-Century Britain Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443647.003.0003

Melissa Dickson

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The Magical Metropolis 神奇的大都市

Cultural Encounters with the Arabian Nights in Nineteenth-Century Britain Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443647.003.0004

Melissa Dickson

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Magic and Machines at the Great Exhibition 魔术和机器在大展览

Cultural Encounters with the Arabian Nights in Nineteenth-Century Britain Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443647.003.0005

Melissa Dickson

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