Filologie medievali e moderne

Collana | Filologie medievali e moderne
Miscellanea | Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
Capitolo | 1 • Letters in my Mind

1 • Letters in my Mind

Concepts and Practices of Response in the Writing of al-Qādī al-Fāḍil

Abstract

al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil, Saladin’s omnipotent minister and head of the state chancery, was a famous prose stylist and a model for later authors of epistolary literature. In his letters, al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil mentions the critical reading of his own texts, and he reacts to incoming letters as an inspiration for his work as an author. For this reason and as a central component of the practice and concept of correspondence, which carried his writing, the response is a pivotal topic. al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil referred to reading the letters he received, anticipated replies, encouraged or urged his addressee to respond, thereby referring to what the reception and reading of the reply letter meant to him as an author whose artful writing was meant to induce and nourish the ideal of an affective relationship.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 28 Luglio 2021 | Accettato: 13 Dicembre 2021 | Pubblicato 08 Marzo 2022 | Lingua: en

Keywords Public readingActive and responsive readingCritical readingIdeal of affective relationshipOrnate prose styleConceptual framework of responseInterrelation of writing and reading


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