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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461828503321

Autore

Guo Li <1956->

Titolo

The performing arts in medieval Islam [[electronic resource] ] : shadow play and popular poetry in Ibn Daniyāl's Mamluk Cairo / / by Li Guo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-39591-6

9786613395917

90-04-21880-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, , 0929-2403 ; ; v. 93

Altri autori (Persone)

Ibn DānīyālMuḥammad <1249 or 1250-1310 or 1311.>

Disciplina

791.5/309621609022

Soggetti

Arabic poetry - 1258-1800 - History and criticism

Shadow shows - Egypt - Cairo - History - 13th century

Performing arts - Islamic Empire - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Life as a play. Eye doctor and street buffoon -- Court panegyrist and jester  -- Satirist and shadow playwright -- Legacy and controversy. The making of the Arabic shadow play -- The ornament of the poetry -- The many faces of a performer -- The play. The phantom: a shadow play.

Sommario/riassunto

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.