The reader in al-Jahiz : the epistolary thetoric of an Arabic Prose Master / Thomas Hefter.
Series: Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literaturePublisher: United Kingdom : Edinburgh University Press, 2014Description: vii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780748692743
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| AM | PERPUSTAKAAN TUN SERI LANANG | PERPUSTAKAAN TUN SERI LANANG KOLEKSI ISLAM-P. TUN SERI LANANG (ARAS 4) | - | PJ7745.J3Z753 ki (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00002155559 |
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
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