Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World: Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India, 1780-1870

Vanita, R.

Explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it becamea catalyst for the transformation of the ghazal.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-02-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230340640

DOI: 10.1057/9781137016560

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 296