Edward William Lane's “Description of Egypt”
1996 ◽
Vol 28
(4)
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pp. 565-583
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Few Western students of the Arab world are as well known as the 19th-century British scholar Edward William Lane (1801–76). During his long career, Lane produced a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), a translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1839–41), Selections from the Ḳur-án (1843), and the Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93). The Arabic–English Lexicon remains a pre-eminent work of its kind, and Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians is still a basic text for both Arab and Western students. Through his published work, Lane contributed substantially to the prevailing Western picture of the Arab world.
2008 ◽
Vol 36
(3-4)
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pp. 590-611
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2008 ◽
Vol 42
(2-3)
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pp. 317-346
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