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

• Autore: Guo Li <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.5/309621609022
• Soggetto topico: Arabic poetry - 1258-1800 - History and criticism; Shadow shows - Egypt - Cairo - History - 13th century; Performing arts - Islamic Empire - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Ibn DānīyālMuḥammad <1249 or 1250-1310 or 1311.>
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The performing arts in medieval Islam
• ISBN: 1-283-39591-6; 9786613395917; 90-04-21880-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461828503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Islamic history and civilization ; ; v. 93.