{"product_id":"ruse-and-wit-dominic-parviz-brookshaw-9780674066700","title":"Ruse and Wit: The Humorous in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Narrative","description":"The essays in \u003ci\u003eRuse and Wit\u003c\/i\u003e examine in detail a wide range of texts (from nonsensical prose, to ribald poetry, titillating anecdotes, edifying plays, and journalistic satire) that span the best part of a millennium of humorous and satirical writing in the Islamic world, from classical Arabic to medieval and modern Persian, and Ottoman Turkish (and by extension Modern Greek). While acknowledging significant elements of continuity in the humorous across distinct languages, divergent time periods, and disparate geographical regions, the authors have not shied away from the particular and the specific. When viewed collectively, the findings presented in the essays collected here underscore the belief that humor as evidenced in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish narrative is a culturally modulated phenomenon, one that demands to be examined with reference to its historical framework and one that, in turn, communicates as much about those who produced humor as it does about those who enjoyed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominic Parviz Brookshaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674066707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674066700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilex Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Dominic Parviz Brookshaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128511099135,"sku":"9780674066700","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73ef278d-4e94-4bb0-af0f-e6e3c7b443d3.jpg?v=1687459023","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ruse-and-wit-dominic-parviz-brookshaw-9780674066700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}