TY - BOOK AU - Guo,Li TI - The performing arts in medieval Islam: shadow play and popular poetry in Ibn Dāniyāl's Mamluk Cairo T2 - Islamic History and Civilization Ser. SN - 9789004218802 AV - PJ7760.I185 .G886 2011 U1 - 791.5309621609022 PY - 2011/// CY - Leiden PB - BRILL KW - Ibn DàInìIyàIl, Muh̀I£ammad, KW - Arabic poetry KW - 1258-1800 KW - History and criticism KW - Shadow shows KW - Egypt KW - Cairo KW - History KW - 13th century KW - Performing arts KW - Islamic Empire KW - Poésie arabe KW - Histoire et critique KW - Théâtre d'ombres KW - Égypte KW - Le Caire KW - Histoire KW - 13e siècle KW - Arts du spectacle KW - Empire islamique KW - CRAFTS & HOBBIES KW - Puppets & Puppetry KW - bisacsh KW - PERFORMING ARTS KW - fast KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 N2 - 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." UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=420243 ER -