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Ta‘ajjub: A Rationalist Aesthetic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2024

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PMLA , Volume 139 , Issue 1 , January 2024 , pp. 136 - 143
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Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Modern Language Association of America

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