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001 2014371199
003 DLC
005 20140626091340.0
008 140228s2013 stk b 001 0 eng d
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042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aPJ7745.J3$bZ7885 2013
082 04 $a892.7
100 1 $aMontgomery, James E.$q(James Edward),$d1962-$eauthor.
245 10 $aAl-Jāḥiẓ :$bin praise of books /$cJames E. Montgomery.
264 1 $aEdinburgh :$bEdinburgh University Press,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $avi, 586 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aEdinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 534-570) and index.
520 8 $aAl-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 society he lived in.
600 00 $aJāḥiẓ,$d-868 or 869$xBooks and reading.
650 0 $aBooks and reading$zIslamic Empire.
650 0 $aArabic literature$y750-1258$xHistory and criticism.
651 0 $aIslamic Empire$xIntellectual life.
600 00 $aJāḥiẓ,$d-868 or 869.$tḤayawān.$2gnd
650 7 $aBibliophilie.$2gnd
650 7 $aLiterature.$2ukslc
830 0 $aEdinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1406/2014371199-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1406/2014371199-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1406/2014371199-b.html