- Faruqi , S. R. 1999 . ‘Conventions of Love, Love of Conventions: Urdu Love Poetry in the Eighteenth Century’ . Annual of Urdu Studies , 14 : 1 – 30 .
- Platts , J. T. 1960 . A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English , 611 London : Oxford University Press .
- 1963 . “ ’Rekhti ka Mujid’, [Rekhti‘s Creator] ” . In Tahqiq ki Roshni Men (In Light of Investigation) , 91 – 104 . Lahore : Shaikh Ghulam Ali and Sons .
- Sadiq , M. 1964, 1984 . A History of Urdu Literature , 197 London : New Delhi, OUP .
- Petievich , C. 1992 . ‘The Feminine Voice in the Urdu Ghazal’ . Indian Horizons , 1–2 ( 39 ) : 25 – 41 .
- Nairn , C. M. and Petievich , C. 1997 . “ ‘Urdu in Lucknow, Lucknow in Urdu’ ” . In Lucknow: Memories of a City , Edited by: Graff , Violette . 165 – 80 . Delhi : Oxford University Press .
- Sharar , Abdul Halim . 1976 . “ Guzishta Lakhna'o (Bygone Lucknow) ” . In Lucknow: The Last Phase of an Oriental Culture , Edited by: Harcourt , E S. and Fakhr , Husain . Boulder : Westview Press .
- Insha's , Insha’ Allah Khan . 1807 . Darya‐i Latafat
- 1929 . Majalis‐i Rangin , Lucknow : Naval Kishore .
- Khan , Sabir ‘Ali . 1956 . Sa'adat Yar Khan Rangin , 95 Karachi : Anjuman‐i Taraqqi‐i Urdu [Pakistan] .
- 1876 . Kulliyat‐i Insha , 185 – 219 . Lucknow : Naval Kishore .
- Naqvi , Dr Mubin . Tarikh‐i Rekhti ma'a Divan‐i Jan Sahib Allahabad n.d.
- Abbasi , Man . 1989 . Tazkirah‐i Sho'ara‐i Rekhti , Lucknow : Nasim Book Depot .
- Siddiqi , Khalilur Rahman . 1974 . Rekhti ka Tanqidi Mutala'ah (A Critical Study of Rekhti) , Lucknow : Nasim Book Depot .
- Bailey , T. Grahame . 1927, 1932 . A History of Urdu Literature , Calcutta : Associated Press .
- Schimmel . 1976 . A History of Classical Urdu Literature from the Beginning to Iqbal , Wiesbaden : Otto Harassowitz .
- Zaidi , A. J. 1993 . A History of Urdu Literature , New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi .
- Russell , R. 1969 . ‘The Pursuit of the Urdu Ghazal’ . Journal of Asian Studies , 29 ( 1 ) : 107 – 24 .
- Qateel , Hafeez . 1964 . Dakan Men Rekhti ka Irtiqa [The Rise of Rekhti in the Deccan] , 139 – 48 . Hyderabad : Majalla‐i Usmaniya, Dakani Adab Nambar .
- 1979 . The Last Musha'irah of Delhi , Delhi : Orient Longman .
- Copithorne , Adrienne . 1998 . “ ‘Poet in Drag: the phenomenon of Rekhti’ ” . unpublished paper
- Oldenburg , Veena . 1990 . Lifestyles of Resistance: the Courtesans of Lucknow
- Offredi , Mariola , ed. “ ‘Dakaini's Radha‐Krishna Imagery and Canon Formation in Urdu’ ” . In The Banyan Tree: Essays on Early Literature in New Indo‐Aryan Languages , New Delhi : Manohar Publishers . forthcoming)
- Naim , C. M. 1978 . The Theme of Pederastic Love in Premodern Urdu Poetry
- Pritchett , Frances . 1979 . Convention in the Classical Urdu Ghazal: the Case of Mir
- Rahman , Tariq . 1990 . Boy‐Love in the Urdu Ghazal
- Barker , M. A. R. 1977 . Naqsh‐I Dilpazir: Classical Urdu Poetry , 3 Vols , Ithaca : Spoken Language Press .
- Tharu , S. and Lalitha , K. 1990 . Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present , Vol. 1 , New York : Feminist Press of City University of New York .
- Hashmi , S. 1994 . “ ‘Women in Drama’ ” . In Women: Myth and Realities , Edited by: Naheed , Kishwar . 299 – 324 . Lahore : Sang‐e Meel .
- Kidwai , S. R. 1997 . Lucknow: Memories of a City , Delhi : OUP . in a recent review of the book
- 1998 . Biblio Bombay
- Spivak's , Gayatri . 1987 . “ ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’ ” . In In Other Worlds , New York : Methuen .
- Askari and Fazl , eds. 1952 . Kalam‐i Insha Allahabad
Rekhti: Impersonating the feminine in Urdu poetry
Reprints and Corporate Permissions
Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?
To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:
Academic Permissions
Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?
Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:
If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.
Related research
People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.
Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.
Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.