Format:
1 online resource (vi, 586 pages)
ISBN:
9780748683338
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074868333X
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9780748683352
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0748683356
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9780748683321
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0748683321
Series Statement:
Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature
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Print version record
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Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. 'In Praise of Books' explores the centrality of books to Al-Jahiz's work and to the society he lived in
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Montgomery, James E (James Edward), 1962-. Al-Jāḥiẓ
Language:
English
Keywords:
Ǧāḥiẓ, ʿAmr Ibn-Baḥr al- 776-869
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