TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guo,Li
AU  - Ibn Dānīyāl,Muḥammad
TI  - The performing arts in medieval Islam: shadow play and popular poetry in Ibn Daniyal's Mamluk Cairo 
T2  - Islamic history and civilization studies and texts,
SN  - 9789004218802
AV  - PJ7760.I185 Z86 2012
U1  - 791.5/309621609022 23
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill.
KW  - IIbn Dānīyāl, Muḥammad,
KW  - Arabic poetry
KW  - 1258-1800
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Shadow shows
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Cairo
KW  - History
KW  - 13th century
KW  - Performing arts
KW  - Islamic Empire
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004218802
ER  -