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Reader in al Jahiz
Author | : Thomas Hefter |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2014-05-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780748692750 |
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Explores the intricately crafted rhetorical strategies used by al-Jahiz in his letters The 9th-century essayist, theologian and encyclopedist 'Amr b. Bahr al-Jahiz has long been acknowledged as a master of early Arabic prose writing. Many of his most engaging writings were clearly intended for a broad readership but were presented as letters to individuals. Despite the importance and quantity of these letters, surprisingly little academic notice has been paid to them. Now, Thomas Hefter takes a new approach in interpreting some of al-Jahiz's 'epistolary monographs'. By focusing 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.
The Reader in Al J i
Author | : Thomas H. Hefter |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Arabic literature |
ISBN | : 1474400965 |
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This title looks at letters from one of the most unique minds of the Abbasid era, that cover sectarian and ethnic rivalries, ethical questions, intoxicating beverages and daily life.
Al Jahiz In Praise of Books
Author | : James E. Montgomery |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2013-11-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780748683338 |
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Edinburgh University Press will publish two self-contained guides to reading al-Jahiz that also shed light on his society and its writings. This first volume, 'In Praise of Books', is devoted to bibliomania and al-Jahiz's bibliophilia. Volume 2, In Censure of Books, explores Al-Jahiz's bibliophobia. 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. He advised, argued and rubbed shoulders 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.
The Life and Works of Jahiz
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9182736450XXX |
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Nine Essays of Al Jahiz
Author | : Jāḥiẓ |
Publsiher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : UVA:X030011663 |
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Al-Jahiz (d.868/869 A.D.) was a master of Arabic prose and a major influence on modern Arabic literature. A theologian with a huge vocabulary and a well developed sense of humor, he is known for the style, depth, and humor of his works. He wrote most often in a combined essay and anthology form and sought to instruct his readers while amusing them. This book is the first collection of English translations of several of his essays in their complete, extant form. The topics covered range from personal relationships, to ethnic stereotypes and ethical conduct.
The Book of Misers
Author | : Jāḥiẓ |
Publsiher | : ISBS |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1859641415 |
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Al-Jahiz (776-869) was one of the greatest exponents of Arabic prose of all time. His scholarship, the breadth of his interests, and his ability to express his ideas and arguments with vigour and humour were outstanding; "The Book of Misers" is his comical masterpiece, and one of the earliest works of fiction from the Islamic world. Generosity is regarded by Arab society as one of the principle virtues, and this satire on miserliness has a clear social purpose. With his acute powers of observation, light-hearted scepticism, his comic sense and satirical turn of mind, he ridicules both individuals and groups such as schoolmasters, singers or scribes. In addition, there is much incidental detail about traditional culture and conduct. It will appeal to the modern reader for its comical power, sometimes covert and sometimes straight-faced, which remains undiminished 1100 years after it was written . This translation by the late Professor R.B. Serjeant makes this work available to the English-speaking world. Professor Serjeant was one of the most eminent Arabic scholars in Britain, and since the 1950s he had used extracts from this work when teaching Arabic to his students, as he felt it gave great insight into traditional Arabic society.
Book of the Glory of the Black Race
Author | : Jāḥiẓ |
Publsiher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-04 |
Genre | : Black people |
ISBN | : 1532708688 |
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Al-Jahiz, a Afro-Iraqi scholar of the 9th century, demonstrate that the original man (Black African) is to be honored for the many outstanding and unique attributes they posses over other races. A firsthand account of the achievements of the native African.
Al Jahiz in Censure of Books
Author | : James Montgomery |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2015-08-30 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0748683283 |
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