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

Drawing on medieval Arabic sources and earlier scholarship, this book is a study of the life and work of Ibn D?niy?l (d. 1310). It also presents the first full English translation of his shadow play "The Phantom."

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guo, Li
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
Colección:Islamic History and Civilization Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.