03413nam 2200613Ia 450 991079023570332120200520144314.00-7486-5421-610.1515/9780748654215(CKB)2670000000203790(OCoLC)795707220(CaPaEBR)ebrary10569465(SSID)ssj0000694677(PQKBManifestationID)11405910(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000694677(PQKBWorkID)10670851(PQKB)11383570(Au-PeEL)EBL1962114(CaPaEBR)ebr10569465(CaONFJC)MIL729433(DE-B1597)614763(DE-B1597)9780748654215(MiAaPQ)EBC1962114(OCoLC)1302166701(EXLCZ)99267000000020379020110927d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe written word in the medieval Arabic lands[electronic resource] a social and cultural history of reading practices /Konrad HirschlerEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20121 online resource (257 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-98151-5 0-7486-4256-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Reading and Writerly Culture -- 2 A City is Reading: Popular and Scholarly Reading Sessions -- 3 Learning to Read: Popularisation and the Written Word in Children’s Schools -- 4 Local Endowed Libraries and their Readers -- 5 Popular Reading Practices -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- IndexWinner of the 2012 BRISMES book prizeHow the written text became accessible to wider audiences in medieval Egypt and SyriaMedieval Islamic societies belonged to the most bookish cultures of their period. Using a wide variety of documentary, narrative and normative sources, Konrad Hirschler explores the growth of reading audiences in a pre-print culture.The uses of the written word grew significantly in Egypt and Syria between the 11th and the 15th centuries, and more groups within society started to participate in individual and communal reading acts. New audiences in reading sessions, school curricula, increasing numbers of endowed libraries and the appearance of popular written literature all bear witness to the profound transformation of cultural practices and their social contexts. Key FeaturesA detailed and wide-ranging analysis of reading in the periodExplores the key themes of literacy, orality and auralityExamines the accessibility and profile of librariesLooks at popular reading practices, often associated with the notion of the illicitWritten communicationArab countriesHistoryTo 1500Books and readingArab countriesHistoryTo 1500Written communicationHistoryBooks and readingHistory028.909174927NM 3500rvkHirschler Konrad751678MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790235703321The written word in the medieval Arabic lands3833138UNINA