LEADER 03624nam 22006012 450 001 9910827886903321 005 20160914163905.0 010 $a1-4744-0096-5 010 $a0-7486-9275-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748692750 035 $a(CKB)3710000000133920 035 $a(EBL)1717556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001262380 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11774928 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262380 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11215899 035 $a(PQKB)10886175 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748692750 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000985604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1717556 035 $a(DE-B1597)615762 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748692750 035 $a(OCoLC)1301549736 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000133920 100 $a20150518d2014|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe reader in al-Ja?h?iz? $ethe epistolary rhetoric of an Arabic prose master /$fThomas Hefter$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 277 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEdinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Sep 2016). 311 $a0-7486-9274-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Addressee and the Occasion of Writing -- $t2. Epistolary Confrontations and Dialectics of Parody -- $t3. Undisclosed Origins and Homelands -- $t4. Faulting Misers in the Introduction to Kit?b al-Bukhal?? -- $t5. Passive Addressee and Critical Reader in the Ab? al-???/Ibn al-Taw?am Debate -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe 9th-century essayist, theologian and encyclopaedist Amr b. Bahr al-Jahiz has long been acknowledged as a master of early Arabic prose writing. Many of his most engaging writings were clearly intended for a broad readership but were presented as letters to individuals. Despite the importance and quantity of these letters, surprisingly little academic notice has been paid to them. Now, Thomas Hefter takes a new approach in interpreting some of al-Jahiz's 'epistolary monographs'. By focussing on the varying ways in which he wrote to the addressee, Hefter shows how al-Jahiz hid his conversations on the page in order to guide (or manipulate) his actual readers and encourage them to engage with his complex materials. Key Features * Looks at letters from one of the most unique minds of the Abbasid era that cover sectarian and ethnic rivalries, ethical questions, intoxicating beverages and daily life *Relates al-Jahiz's experiments with the letter frame to his views on occupations, human geography and other issues of his day *Examines the role of self-parody in al-Jahiz's fictional conversations with his addressees *Explores the rich interplay of contending voices 410 0$aEdinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature. 606 $aBooks and reading$zIslamic Empire 606 $aArabic literature$y750-1258$xHistory and criticism 607 $aIslamic Empire$xIntellectual life 615 0$aBooks and reading 615 0$aArabic literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a892/.783408 700 $aHefter$b Thomas H.$01610077 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827886903321 996 $aThe reader in al-Ja?h?iz?$93937648 997 $aUNINA