Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books

by James E. Montgomery

Edinburgh University Press will publish two self-contained guides to reading al-Jahiz that also shed light on his society and its writings. This first volume, 'In Praise of Books', is devoted to bibliomania and al-Jahiz's bibliophilia. Volume 2, In Censure of Books, explores Al-Jahiz's bibliophobia. Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748683321
• ISBN13: 9780748683321
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"