The Doctors' Dinner Party - Hardcover
by Ibn Buṭlān
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ibn Buṭlān, Philip F. Kennedy (Editor), Philip F. Kennedy (Translator)Series:Library of Arabic Literature #85Publish date:2023-02-28Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479818778ISBN-10:1479818771UPC:9781479818778Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, African, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Middle Eastern StudiesSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC51Q1PND7
The Doctors' Dinner Party
A witty satire of the medical profession
The Doctors' Dinner Party is an eleventh-century satire in the form of a novella, set in a medical milieu. A young doctor from out of town is invited to dinner with a group of older medical men, whose conversation reveals their incompetence. Written by the accomplished physician Ibn Buṭlān, the work satirizes the hypocrisy of quack doctors while displaying...Series: Library of Arabic Literature #85
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479818778ISBN-10:1479818771UPC:9781479818778Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, African, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Middle Eastern StudiesSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC51Q1PND7
Ibn Buṭlān (Author)
Ibn Buṭlān (d. 460/1068) was a Christian physician and scholar from Baghdad. Philip F. Kennedy (Edited and Translated by)
Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature. He is the author of Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition. Jeremy...
Ibn Buṭlān (d. 460/1068) was a Christian physician and scholar from Baghdad. Philip F. Kennedy (Edited and Translated by)
Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature. He is the author of Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition. Jeremy...
Publisher: New York University Press
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Ibn Buṭlān, Philip F. Kennedy (Editor), Philip F. Kennedy (Translator)
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