Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Dedication
- 1 The Foundations of Letter-Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society
- 2 Epistolary Prose, Poetry and Oratory: Essentials of the Debate
- 3 The Power of the Pen and the Primacy of Script
- 4 The Composition Secretary (i): Background and Status
- 5 The Composition Secretary (ii): Moral and Inner Qualities
- 6 Balāġa, Epistolary Structure and Style
- 7 Epistolary Protocol
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Dedication
- 1 The Foundations of Letter-Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society
- 2 Epistolary Prose, Poetry and Oratory: Essentials of the Debate
- 3 The Power of the Pen and the Primacy of Script
- 4 The Composition Secretary (i): Background and Status
- 5 The Composition Secretary (ii): Moral and Inner Qualities
- 6 Balāġa, Epistolary Structure and Style
- 7 Epistolary Protocol
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Culture of Letter-Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society , pp. 208 - 212Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2008