Hardback (12 Nov 2013)
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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.
| ISBN: | 9780748683321 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Pub date: | 12 Nov 2013 |
| DEWEY: | 892.783409 |
| DEWEY edition: | 23 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 592 |
| Weight: | 1116g |
| Height: | 162mm |
| Width: | 240mm |
| Spine width: | 38mm |
