Al-Jāḥiẓ : in praise of books
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Al-Jāḥiẓ : in praise of books
（Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature）
Edinburgh University Press, c2013
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Companion volume to: Al-Jāḥiẓ : in censure of books
"Al-Jāḥiẓ : In Praise of Books and Al-Jāḥiẓ : In Censure of Books is a study in two volumes which seeks to introduce the reader to the writings and textual world of Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr b. Baḥr al-Jāḥiẓ, the 'father of Arabic prose'." -- p. 3
Bibliography: p. 534-570
Includes index
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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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