Al-Jahiz in praise of books

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 so...

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Main Author:	Montgomery, James E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2013
Series:	Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature
Subjects:	Jaḥiẓ, > -868 or 869 > Books and reading. Books and reading > Islamic Empire. Arabic literature > 750-1258 > History and criticism. Islamic Empire > Intellectual life.
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