Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Cultur, Toorawa Hardcover..

Name: Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Cultur, Toorawa Hardcover..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly CultureA Ninth Century Bookman in Baghdad\nAuthor(s): Shawkat M. Toorawa\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415297622, 978-0415297622\nSynopsis\nTooraware-evaluates the literary history and landscape of third to ninth century Baghdad by demonstrating and emphasizing the significance of the important transition from a predominantly oral-aural culture to an increasingly literate one. This transformation had a profound influence on the production of learned and literary culture; modes of transmission of learning; nature and types of literary production; nature of scholarly and professional occupations and alliances; and ranges of meanings of certain key concepts, such as plagiarism. In order to better understand these, attention is focused on a central but understudied figure, Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur (d. 280 to 893), a writer, schoolmaster, scholar and copyist, member of important.