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The History of the Book in the Middle East (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The History of the Book in the Middle East (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The History of the Book in the East
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This selection of papers by scholarly specialists offers an
introduction to the history of the book and book culture in West
Asia and North Africa from antiquity to the 20th century. The
flourishing and long-lived manuscript tradition is discussed in its
various aspects - social and economic as well as technical and
aesthetic. The very early but abortive introduction of printing -
long before Gutenberg - and the eventual, belated acceptance of the
printed book and the development of print culture are explored in
further groups of papers. Cultural, aesthetic, technological,
religious, social, political and economic factors are all
considered throughout the volume. Although the articles reflect the
predominance in the area of Muslim books - Arabic, Persian and
Turkish - the Hebrew, Syriac and Armenian contributions are also
discussed. The editor's introduction provides a survey of the field
from the origins of writing to the modern literary and intellectual
revivals.
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