Fresh words for a fresh world: TĀza-gŪ’Ī and the poetics of newness in early modern indo-persian poetry

Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-149

  Kinra, Rajeev ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007816305     PISSN: 17448727     EISSN: 17448735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17448720701733872     Document Type: Article

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