Hefter, Thomas, <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780748692743  RM429.80 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>al-Jahiz -868 or 869 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>al-Jahiz -868 or 869 --Technique
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Books and reading--Islamic Empire.<br/>Arabic literature--History and criticism--750-1258
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Islamic empire--Intellectual life