Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Culture

A Ninth Century Bookman in Baghdad

By Shawkat M Toorawa

Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures 

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. From Memory to Written Record 2. Being a Bookman in Baghdad 3. Navigating Partisan Shoals in Writerly Baghdad 4. Writerly Networks of Baghdad 5. Ibn Abi Tahir's Output and Writerly Culture 6. Ibn Abi Tahir's Poetry and Writerly Culture Conclusion: Revisiting Arabic Literary History