Seeta Chaganti

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  • (2018) Strange Footing: Poetic Form and Dance in the Late Middle Ages. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN   978-0-226-54799-2.
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    Seeta Chaganti
    Academic background
    Alma mater Harvard University (A.B.); Georgetown University (MA); Yale University (PhD).