Three Arabic Treatises on Aristotles Rhetoric: The Commentaries of al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes
Lahcen Elyazghi Ezzaher
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Paperback. Translator(s): Ezzaher, Lahcen Elyazghi. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 231.
It is increasingly well documented that western rhetoric’s journey from pagan Athens to the medieval academies of Christian Europe was significantly influenced by the intellectual thought of the Muslim Near East. Lahcen Elyazghi Ezzaher contributes to the contemporary chronicling of this influence in Three Arabic Treatises on Aristotle’s Rhetoric: The Commentaries of al-F?r?b?, Avicenna, and Averroes, offering translations of three landmark medieval Arabic commentaries on Aristotle’s famous rhetorical treatise in one volume.
Elyazghi Ezzaher’s translations are each accompanied by insightful scholarly introductions and notes that contextualize—both historically and culturally—these immensely significant works while highlighting a comparative, multidisciplinary approach ... Read more
It is increasingly well documented that western rhetoric’s journey from pagan Athens to the medieval academies of Christian Europe was significantly influenced by the intellectual thought of the Muslim Near East. Lahcen Elyazghi Ezzaher contributes to the contemporary chronicling of this influence in Three Arabic Treatises on Aristotle’s Rhetoric: The Commentaries of al-F?r?b?, Avicenna, and Averroes, offering translations of three landmark medieval Arabic commentaries on Aristotle’s famous rhetorical treatise in one volume.
Elyazghi Ezzaher’s translations are each accompanied by insightful scholarly introductions and notes that contextualize—both historically and culturally—these immensely significant works while highlighting a comparative, multidisciplinary approach ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809334131
SKU
V9780809334131
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About Lahcen Elyazghi Ezzaher
Lahcen Elyazghi Ezzaher is a professor of English at the University of Northern Colorado, USA, where he specializes in histories and theories of rhetoric, theories of discourse, and translation studies. His award-winning work has appeared in numerous journals, including Rhetorica and Advances in the History of Rhetoric.
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