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Literature and the Islamic Court
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The court of the vizier and literary person al-¿¿¿ib Ibn ¿Abb¿d (326-385/938-995) in western Iran is one of the most remarkable examples of a medieval Islamic court, with a sophisticated literary activity in Arabic (and, to a lesser extent, in Persian). Literature and the Islamic Court examines the literary activity at the court of al-¿¿¿ib and sheds light on its functional logic. It is an inquiry into the nature of a great medieval court, where various genres of poetry and prose were produced, performed, and evaluated regularly. Major aspects examined in the book are the patterns of patronage, selection, and auditioning, the cultural codes and norms governing performance, production, and criticism, the interaction between the patron and courtiers and among the courtiers themselves, competition, genres as productive molds, the hegemonic literary taste, and the courtly habitus. This book reveals the significance these courts held as institutions that were at the heart of literary production in Arabic.
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