Arabic language -- -Rhetoric

The present work is concerned with the influence of English

The central question addressed in this dissertation is how the Qur' an was used in political rhetoric during the career of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 198-218/813-833). Chapter I is an introduction to the topic, and includes a discussion of my theoretical framework and meth…

This study examines certain epistolary works by the Arabic prose master and polymath, `Amr b. Bah[dotbelow]r al-Jah[dotbelow]iz[dotbelow] (ca 160-255/776-869). It describes how the words of the addressees to whom these letter-essays are ostensibly written, become a rhetorical de…