000			01739nam a2200253Ia 4500
001			3589
003			OSt
005			20241007154431.0
008			231005s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020			_a9781909724624
040			_c--
245		0	_aThree Shadow Plays by Muhammad Ibn Dāniyāl _c/ Edited by Paul Kahle with a critical apparatus by Derek Hopwood
260			_bThe E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust; _c1992
300			_a186p; _c21x15cm
520			_aVery few examples of medieval Arabic drama have survived, a fact which constitutes a serious loss to our knowledge of Arab literary history. However, we can form some idea of the kind of work of which we have been deprived by examining the three shadow plays preserved for us, those of Ibn Daniyal, the thirteenth century poet and wit. These three plays display in all their vitality, directness and even coarseness the kind of entertainment popular in medieval Egypt. They are literary, social and historical documents, unique of their kind, presenting a veritable gallery of characters, high and low, from all sides of Egyptian life. This edition offers for the first time the complete text, edited over a long period by a number of scholars and provided with a critical apparatus. The language used entails great textual problems yet it rewards study, combining wit, dramatic entertainment and sophisticated poetry. These shadow plays cannot be ignored in any history of Arabic literature.
546			_aEnglish; Arabic
648			_aMedieval _91309
650			_aPN2000-3307 Dramatic representation . The theater _91310
650			_aShadow plays. _91311
651			_aArab region _91312
700			_aDerek Hopwood _91313
700			_aPaul Kahle _91314
942			_cBK _2lcc
999			_c3589 _d3589