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Rediscovering the Islamic classics : how editors and print culture transformed an intellectual tradition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: El Shamsy, Ahmed, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Publishers and publishing > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Islamic literature > Publishing > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Editors > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Book collectors > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The disappearing books
  • Postclassical book culture
  • The beginnings of print
  • A new generation of book lovers
  • The rise of the editor
  • Reform through books
  • The backlash against postclassicism
  • Critique and philology.