An edition of Reader in Al-Jahiz (2014)

Reader in Al-Jahiz

The Epistolary Rhetoric of an Arabic Prose Master

Reader in Al-Jahiz
Thomas Hefter, Thomas Hefter
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An edition of Reader in Al-Jahiz (2014)

Reader in Al-Jahiz

The Epistolary Rhetoric of an Arabic Prose Master

Thomas Hefter takes a new approach in interpreting some of al-Jāḥiẓ's "epistolary monographs." By focussing on the varying ways in which he wrote to the addressee, Hefter shows how al-Jāḥiẓ 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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288

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Cover of: Reader in Al-Jahiz
Reader in Al-Jahiz: The Epistolary Rhetoric of an Arabic Prose Master
2014, Edinburgh University Press
in English
Cover of: Reader in Al-Jahiz
Reader in Al-Jahiz: The Epistolary Rhetoric of an Arabic Prose Master
2014, Edinburgh University Press
in English
Cover of: Reader in Al-Jahiz
Reader in Al-Jahiz: The Epistolary Rhetoric of an Arabic Prose Master
2014, Edinburgh University Press
in English

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Library of Congress
PJ7745.J3, PJ7745.J3 Z753 2014

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Open Library
OL28529673M
ISBN 13
9780748692743
LCCN
2014431035
OCLC/WorldCat
883756203, 866619830

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OL21074244W

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