| The Performing Arts in Medieval Islam: Shadow Play and Popular Poetry in Ibn Daniyal's Mamluk Cairo Contributor(s): Guo, Li (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004210458 ISBN-13: 9789004210455 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $151.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - History | Asia - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 791.530 |
| LCCN: 2011040696 |
| Series: Islamic History and Civilization |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.4" W x 9.7" (1.20 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |