The performing arts in medieval Islam: shadow play and popular poetry in Ibn Daniyāl's Mamluk Cairo

This is a study of the life and work of bn Daniyāl (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 f...

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Beteilige Person: Guo, Li 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2012
Schriftenreihe:Islamic history and civilization volume 93
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004218802
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https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004218802
Zusammenfassung:This is a study of the life and work of bn Daniyāl (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 bn Daniyāl'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 bn Daniyāl's three shadow plays, the only surviving pre-Ottoman Arabic theatrical texts. -- Back cover
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 240 Seiten)
ISBN:9789004218802
DOI:10.1163/9789004218802