{"product_id":"the-well-tempered-reader-sarah-r-bin-tyeer-9780520424975","title":"The Well-Tempered Reader: The Legitimization of Adab in the Arabic Literary Tradition Volume 7","description":"\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Well-Tempered Reader\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new understanding of the term \u003ci\u003eadab\u003c\/i\u003e, a ubiquitous concept in Arabic literature with many meanings. In Sarah R. Bin Tyeer's analysis, \u003ci\u003eadab\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just a way of writing or the cultivation of moral excellence, as it is often understood. It is rather an ethical way of perceiving, understanding, and living which results from ceaseless critical interaction between the individual and all aspects of his or her social, cultural, natural, and metaphysical environment. Through a close reading of texts from eighth-century Baghdad to nineteenth-century Lebanon in which \u003ci\u003eadab\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as a force across historical periods and geographies, Bin Tyeer posits the term as a generative literary and cultural framework and a discursive force for analyzing literary acts. This is the first book-length study of \u003ci\u003eadab\u003c\/i\u003e as an intellectual institution that legitimized its own existence through the formation of \u003ci\u003eadabized\u003c\/i\u003e subjects, revealing its import not only for Arabic literary studies but for comparative literature as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah R. Bin Tyeer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520424972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520424975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Sarah R. Bin Tyeer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962021171455,"sku":"9780520424975","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_352a51e9-5e83-4512-b233-984fb4de2958.jpg?v=1750649076","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-well-tempered-reader-sarah-r-bin-tyeer-9780520424975","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}