Al-Jāḥiẓ : in praise of books /
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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. 'In Praise of Books' explores the centrality of books to Al-Jahiz's work and to the society he lived in.
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vi, 586 pages ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-570) and index. :
9780748683321
Pour un humanisme vécu : Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī : essai sur la personnalité morale, intellectuelle et littéraire d'un grand prosateur et humaniste arabe engagé dans la société de l'...
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At head of title : Institut français de Damas.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Université de Paris IV) under the title : Essai sur le personnalité morale et intellectuelle d'Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī. :
xlii, 471 pages ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxiii]-xlii) and index.
Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature /
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Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman. Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila is an in-depth study of the eighth-century Umayyad and early Abbasid orator and courtier Khālid ibn Ṣafwān and the development of his character in adab literature. The book collects and translates all his sayings and stories about him culled from a wide range of Arabic and Persian texts. In the book, Hämeen-Anttila studies the mechanisms of change in early narratives, showing how Arabic anecdotes developed and were modified by a series of authors during both their oral and literary transmission, changing a historical person into a literary character. Detailed chapters discuss Khālid in his various roles and analyse the literary techniques of the stories.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004433977
9789004433960