TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hirschler,Konrad
TI  - The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands: A Social and Cultural History of Reading Practices
SN  - 9780748654215
AV  - P211.3.A65 -- H57 2012eb 
U1  - 028.909174927 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Written communication -- Arab countries -- History -- To 1500
KW  - Books and reading -- Arab countries -- History -- To 1500
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - COVER -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Reading and Writerly Culture -- 2. A City is Reading: Popular and Scholarly Reading Sessions -- 3. Learning to Read: Popularisation and the Written Word in Children's Schools -- Plates -- 4. Local Endowed Libraries and their Readers -- 5. Popular Reading Practices -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - This book discusses the history of reading in the high and late medieval period in the Middle East in depth. It offers a detailed and wide-ranging analysis of the period, exploring the key themes of literacy, orality and aurality
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ER  -