Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Doctors' Dinner PartyCondition: NewISBN-10: 1479827487EAN: 9781479827480ISBN: 9781479827480Publisher: New York University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/03/2024Description: A witty satire of the medical professionThe 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 Ibn Buṭlān’s own deep technical knowledge of medical practice, including surgery, blood-letting, and medicines. He also makes reference to the great thinkers and physicians of the ancient world, including Hippocrates, Galen, and Socrates. Combining literary parody with social satire, the book is richly textured and carefully organized: in addition to the use of the question-and-answer format associated with technical literature, it is replete with verse and subtexts that hint at the infatuation of the elderly practitioners with their young guest. The Doctors’ Dinner Party is an entertaining read in which the author skewers the pretensions of the physicians around the table.An English-only edition.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 236gAuthor: Ibn BuṭlānTranslator: Philip F. Kennedy, Jeremy FarrellContributor: Philip F. Kennedy (Translated by), Jeremy Farrell (Translated by), Emily Gowers (Foreword by)Genre: Poetry & DramaTopic: Literary CriticismBook Series: Library of Arabic LiteratureRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Doctors' Dinner Party
Publication Name: The Doctors' Dinner Party
Title: The Doctors' Dinner Party
ISBN-10: 1479827487
EAN: 9781479827480
ISBN: 9781479827480
Publisher: New York University Press
Format: Paperback
Release Year: 2024
Release Date: 05/03/2024
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Weight: 236g
Author: Ibn Buṭlān
Translator: Jeremy Farrell
Contributor: Emily Gowers (Foreword by)
Genre: Poetry & Drama
Topic: Literary Criticism
Series: Library of Arabic Literature
