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Culture of Letter-Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society

Adrian Gully

出版	Edinburgh University Press, 2008-02-07
主題	Literary Criticism / General
ISBN	074863374X9780748633746
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ePmqBgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The Culture of Letter-Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society received an honourable mention from the British-Kuwait Friendship Society at BRISMES 2009Writing letters was an important component of intellectual life in the Middle Islamic period, telling us much about the cultural history of pre-modern Islamic society. This book offers a unique analysis of letter-writing, focusing on the notion of the power of the pen. The author looks at the wider context of epistolography, relating it to the power structures of Islamic society in that period. He also attempts to identify some of the similarities and differences between Muslim modes of letter-writing and those of western cultures.One of the strengths of this book is that it is based on a wide range of primary Arabic sources, thus reflecting the broader epistemological importance of letter-writing in Islamic society.