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This book introduces the writings and Abbasid-period textual world of Al-Jahiz, the 'father of Arabic prose'. Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived in Iraq during the first century of the Abbasid caliphate. He advised and argued with the major power brokers and leading religious and intellectual figures of his day, and crossed swords in debate and argument with the architects of the Islamic religious, theological, philosophical and cultural canon. His many, tumultuous writings engage with these figures, their ideas, theories and policies. They give us an invaluable but much-neglected window onto the values and beliefs of this cosmopolitan elite. Edinburgh University Press will publish two self-contained guides to reading al-Jahiz that also shed light on his society and its writings. Volume 1, In Praise of Books, is devoted to bibliomania and al-Jahiz's bibliophilia. Volume 2, In Censure of Books, explores Al-Jahiz's bibliophobia.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Plný název: Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books
• Podnázev: In Praise of Books
• Autor: James E Montgomery
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 592
• EAN: 9780748683321
• ISBN: 0748683321
• ID: 02687245
• Nakladatelství: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Hmotnost: 1116 g
• Rozměry: 162 × 240 × 38 mm
• Datum vydání: 12. November 2013

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