The reader in al-Jahiz : the epistolary thetoric of an Arabic Prose Master /
Hefter, Thomas,
The reader in al-Jahiz : the epistolary thetoric of an Arabic Prose Master / Thomas Hefter. - vii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature . - Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.
Thomas Hefter takes a new approach in interpreting some of al-Jahiz's'epistolary monographs.' By focussing on the varying ways in which he wrote to the addressee, Hefter shows how al-Jahiz shaped his conversations on the page in order to guide (or manipulate) his actual readers and encourage them to engage with his complex materials
9780748692743 RM429.80
al-Jahiz -868 or 869 --Criticism and interpretation.
al-Jahiz -868 or 869 --Technique
Books and reading--Islamic Empire.
Arabic literature--History and criticism--750-1258
Islamic empire--Intellectual life
The reader in al-Jahiz : the epistolary thetoric of an Arabic Prose Master / Thomas Hefter. - vii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature . - Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.
Thomas Hefter takes a new approach in interpreting some of al-Jahiz's'epistolary monographs.' By focussing on the varying ways in which he wrote to the addressee, Hefter shows how al-Jahiz shaped his conversations on the page in order to guide (or manipulate) his actual readers and encourage them to engage with his complex materials
9780748692743 RM429.80
al-Jahiz -868 or 869 --Criticism and interpretation.
al-Jahiz -868 or 869 --Technique
Books and reading--Islamic Empire.
Arabic literature--History and criticism--750-1258
Islamic empire--Intellectual life