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The culture of letter-writing in pre-modern Islamic society / Adrian Gully.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gully, Adrian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Letter writing--Islamic countries.
- Letter writing.
- Letter writing--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents a unique analysis of letter writing in the Middle Islamic period.
- Contents:
- 1. Foundations of Letter-Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society
- 2. Epistolary Prose, Poetry and Oratory: Essentials of the Debate
- 3. Power of the Pen and the Primacy of Script
- 4. Composition Secretary (i): Background and Status
- 5. Composition Secretary (ii): Moral and Inner Qualities
- 6. Balaga, Epistolary Structure and Style
- 7. Epistolary Protocol.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5313-9
- 1-281-25198-4
- 9786611251987
- 0-7486-3374-X
- OCLC:
- 437203010
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