The Reader in al-Jahiz

Explores the intricately crafted rhetorical strategies used by al-Jāḥiẓ in his letters GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748692743','ISBN:9780748692750']); The 9th-century essayist, theologian and encyclopaedist ‘Amr b. Baḥr al-Jāḥiẓ 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, surprising