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When sun meets moon : gender, eros, and ecstasy in Urdu poetry /
"The two Muslim poets featured in Scott Kugle's comparative study lived separate lives during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries in the Deccan region of southern India. Here, they meet in the realm of literary imagination, illuminating the complexity of gender, sexuality, and re...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Series: | Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
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Table of Contents:
- Celestial bodies seen from Deccan soil
- Siraj's bewilderment
- Siraj's silence
- Eros and spirit
- Poetry as music
- Transit: when Sufis meet Shi'is
- Mah Laqa Bai's radiance
- Mah Laqa Bai's men
- Mah Laqa Bai's shame
- The performance of gender
- Mah Laqa Bai's true love
- Conjunction: when sun meets moon.