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

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kugle, Scott Alan, 1969- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
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.
Urdu poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
Urdu poetry > 19th century > History and criticism.
Love in literature.
Ecstasy in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.