Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Addressee and the Occasion of Writing 34
6. 2. Epistolary Confrontations and Dialectics of Parody 77
7. 3. Undisclosed Origins and Homelands 121
8. 4. Faulting Misers in the Introduction to Kitāb al-Bukhalāʾ 173
9. 5. Passive Addressee and Critical Reader in the Abū al-ʿĀṣ/Ibn al-Tawʾam Debate 214
10. Conclusion 250
11. Bibliography 263
12. Index 272