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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guo, Li, 1956-

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 93.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic poetry--1258-1800--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry.

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

Shadow shows.

Performing arts--Islamic Empire--History.

Performing arts.

Ibn Dānīyāl, Muḥammad, 1249 or 1250-1310 or 1311--Criticism and interpretation.

Ibn Dānīyāl, Muḥammad.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Ibn Dānīyāl, Muḥammad, 1249 or 1250-1310 or 1311. Ṭayf al-khayāl fī maʻrifat khayāl al-ẓill. English.

ISBN:

1-283-39591-6

9786613395917

90-04-21880-7

OCLC:

769927263

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004218802 DOI