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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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Dades bibliogràfiques
Autor principal: Kugle, Scott Alan
Format: Printed Book
Col·lecció:Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
Matèries:
Taula de continguts:
  • 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.