The performing arts in medieval Islam : shadow play and popular poetry in Ibn Daniyal's Mamluk Cairo /
Guo, Li, 1956-
The performing arts in medieval Islam : shadow play and popular poetry in Ibn Daniyal's Mamluk Cairo / Li Guo. - 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) - Islamic history and civilization studies and texts, v. 93 0929-2403 ; . - Islamic History and Civilization 93. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-233) and index.
Preliminary Material -- Act 1: Eye Doctor and Street Buffoon -- Act 2: Court Panegyrist and Jester -- Act 3: Satirist and Shadow Playwright -- The Making of the Arabic Shadow Play -- The Ornament of the Poetry -- The Many Faces of a Performer -- The Phantom: A Shadow Play -- Appendix 1: Manuscripts -- Appendix 2: Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
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This is a study of the life and work of Ibn Dāniyāl (d. 1310), a Cairo-based eye doctor, poet, playwright, court jester, and arguably one of the most controversial cultural figures of his time. Drawing on medieval Arabic sources, many still in manuscript and some used for the first time, the author further contextualizes Ibn Dāniyāl’s work with respect to poetry production and popular culture in the Islamic Near East in the post-Mongol period. The book also presents the first full English translation of “The Phantom,” one of Ibn Dāniyāl’s three shadow plays, the only surviving pre-Ottoman Arabic theatrical texts.
9789004218802
10.1163/9789004218802 DOI
2011040696
IIbn Dānīyāl, Muḥammad, 1249 or 50-1310 or 11 --Criticism and interpretation.
Arabic poetry--History and criticism.--1258-1800
Shadow shows--History--Egypt--Cairo--13th century.
Performing arts--History.--Islamic Empire
PJ7760.I185 / Z86 2012
791.5/309621609022
The performing arts in medieval Islam : shadow play and popular poetry in Ibn Daniyal's Mamluk Cairo / Li Guo. - 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) - Islamic history and civilization studies and texts, v. 93 0929-2403 ; . - Islamic History and Civilization 93. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-233) and index.
Preliminary Material -- Act 1: Eye Doctor and Street Buffoon -- Act 2: Court Panegyrist and Jester -- Act 3: Satirist and Shadow Playwright -- The Making of the Arabic Shadow Play -- The Ornament of the Poetry -- The Many Faces of a Performer -- The Phantom: A Shadow Play -- Appendix 1: Manuscripts -- Appendix 2: Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This is a study of the life and work of Ibn Dāniyāl (d. 1310), a Cairo-based eye doctor, poet, playwright, court jester, and arguably one of the most controversial cultural figures of his time. Drawing on medieval Arabic sources, many still in manuscript and some used for the first time, the author further contextualizes Ibn Dāniyāl’s work with respect to poetry production and popular culture in the Islamic Near East in the post-Mongol period. The book also presents the first full English translation of “The Phantom,” one of Ibn Dāniyāl’s three shadow plays, the only surviving pre-Ottoman Arabic theatrical texts.
9789004218802
10.1163/9789004218802 DOI
2011040696
IIbn Dānīyāl, Muḥammad, 1249 or 50-1310 or 11 --Criticism and interpretation.
Arabic poetry--History and criticism.--1258-1800
Shadow shows--History--Egypt--Cairo--13th century.
Performing arts--History.--Islamic Empire
PJ7760.I185 / Z86 2012
791.5/309621609022