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SUMMARY:Enchantments in the Arabian Nights\, or\, The Life of the Jinn - M
 arina Warner (Literature and Creative Writing\, Essex University)
DTSTART:20111022T160000Z
DTEND:20111022T180000Z
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CONTACT:Ruth Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Marina Warner (Literature and Creative Writing\, 
 Essex University) as part of the University of Cambridge's Festival of Ide
 as 2011.\n\nJinn - or genies - are the agents of the drama in the stories 
 of the Arabian Nights. They are angelic - and demonic. Made of fire and wi
 nd\, they fly unaided and wingless through time and space. They are everyw
 here\, invisible and visible\, can tower to the skies or shrink into a bot
 tle\, marry humans and have children with them\, wreak vengeance\, turn in
 to animals\, and conjure vast fortunes into existence. Their presence char
 ms ordinary things. Solomon commands thousands of those who have repented\
 , but others remain obdurate in their rebellion.\n\nWhy did stories featur
 ing such capricious powers from the medieval Arabic literature of aja'ib (
 astonishing things) attract readers and audiences in the eighteenth centur
 y\, the era of Enlightenment\, when the Arabian Nights first appeared in p
 rint in translation?
LOCATION:CRASSH 17\, Mill Lane\, Cambridge
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