{"product_id":"ibn-abi-tahir-tayfur-and-shawkat-m-toorawa-9780415297622","title":"Ibn ABI Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Culture: A Ninth Century Bookman in Baghdad","description":"Toorawa re-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 literary circles, and a significant anthologist and chronicler. This book will appeal to anyone interested in Arabic literary culture and history, and those with an interest in books, writing, authorship and patronage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shawkat M. Toorawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415297621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415297622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.34w x 0.69d","brand":"Shawkat M. Toorawa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064890962175,"sku":"9780415297622","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff3095c8-531e-4ef0-a0d2-40cf562d7589.jpg?v=1768671727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ibn-abi-tahir-tayfur-and-shawkat-m-toorawa-9780415297622","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}