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Urdu literature > The Pursuit of Urdu Literature THE PURSUIT OF URDU LITERATURE: A SELECT HISTORY This book is addressed to English speakers who know very little about Urdu, but are interested to see what its literature has to offer. It begins with an introduction to Urdu poetry by Marion Molteno, and then surveys all the major figures of Urdu literature over two centuries from about 1750. They are presented in sufficient detail to capture the interest of the reader. It may be regarded as a companion volume to An Anthology of Urdu Literature. I should like in due course to produce a fuller book in which materials from The Mughal Poets and the Ghalib books could be incorporated. It has briefer chapters on two of Urdu's greatest poets, the 18th century poet Mir and the 19th century poet Ghalib, because I had already published detailed treatments of their work. See Three Mughal Poets and On Ghalib. CONTENTS - Poetry and Daily Life 2. Understanding the Urdu Ghazal 3. Mir – The Poet and the Man
6. The Development of the Modern Novel 7. Nazir Ahmad and the Aligarh Movement 8. Changing Attitudes to Poetry: Azad and Hali 9. The Satirical Verse of Akbar Ilahabadi Ralph Russell and Khurshidul 10. Iqbal and His Message
12. Prem Chand and the short Story 13. The Progressive Writers’ Movement 14. Faiz Ahmad Faiz – Poetry, Politics and Pakistan Zed Books, UK, and Oxford University Press, India (1992) Also available in Urdu, translated by Muhammad Sarvar Rija, as Urdu adab ki justaju |
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