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

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xi, 240 p.
Series	Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 93
	Islamic history and civilization ; v. 93.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Ibn Daniyal, Muhammad, 1249 or 1250-1310 or 1311 -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Arabic poetry -- 1258-1800 -- History and criticism.
	Shadow shows -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History -- 13th century.
	Performing arts -- Islamic Empire -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Ibn Daniyal, Muhammad, 1249 or 1250-1310 or 1311. Tayf al-khayal fi marifat khayal al-zill. English.
	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9789004210455 (hardback : alk. paper)
	9789004218802 (electronic bk.)