Description
| Product ID: | 9780691241913 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Rediscovering the Islamic Classics |
| Subtitle: | How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition |
| Authors: | Author: Ahmed El Shamsy |
| Page Count: | 312 |
| Subjects: | Literature: history and criticism, Literature: history & criticism, History of ideas, Media studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Publishing and book trade, History of ideas, Media studies, Islamic studies, Publishing industry & book trade, Middle East, Egypt |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The story of how Arab editors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries revolutionized Islamic literatureIslamic book culture dates back to late antiquity, when Muslim scholars began to write down their doctrines on parchment, papyrus, and paper and then to compose increasingly elaborate analyses of, and commentaries on, these ideas. |
| Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-29 |
