When sun meets moon : gender, eros, and ecstasy in Urdu poetry /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kugle, Scott Alan, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
Subjects:
Sirāj Aurangābādī, > 1712-1763 > Criticism and interpretation.
Māh-i Liqā, > 1768- > Criticism and interpretation.
Māh-i Liqā, > 1768-
Sirāj Aurangābādī, > 1712-1763
1700-1899
Urdu poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
Urdu poetry > 19th century > History and criticism.
Love in literature.
Ecstasy in literature.
Poésie ourdoue > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Poésie ourdoue > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Amour dans la littérature.
Extase dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM/Poetry.
POETRY/Asia.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Ecstasy in literature
Love in literature
Urdu poetry
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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