An edition of A thousand yearnings (2017)

A thousand yearnings

a book of Urdu poetry and verse

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A thousand yearnings
Ralph Russell, Marion Molteno, ...
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An edition of A thousand yearnings (2017)

A thousand yearnings

a book of Urdu poetry and verse

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Speaking Tiger
Language
English
Pages
381

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Subjects

Urdu literature, Translations into English

Times

18th century, 19th century, 20th century

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Table of Contents

Short stories and sketches. Prem Chand: A wife's complaint. Ismat Chughtai: Tiny's granny. Rashid Jahan: Behind the veil. Krishan Chander: Kalu Bhangi. Saadat Hasan Manto: The black shalwar. Shaukat Thanavi: Love and prudence. Ismat Chughtai: Hellbound
Popular literature. Outwitting the powerful. Akbar and Birbal. Mullah Dopiaza. Shaikh Chilli. Tales of famous men. The creation of Adam and the loss of paradise. Sikandar, Khizar, and the water of life. Khwaja Hasan Nizami: Guests are pests
Love poetry. The ghazals of Mir and Ghalib. Hasrat Mohani and Momin: Lovers' meetings. Mir: The ideal ghazal lover. Ghalib's more nuanced view of love. Mystic love. The challenge to orthodoxy. The humanist values of the ghazal. God and humankind. The poet in society. Ghalib's personal philosophy. Images and allusions. Eleven ghazals of Ghalib. A living tradition
The lives of poets. Muhammad Husain Azad: Nasikh : the portrait of a poet. Abdul Halim Sharar : The king and the singer. Farhatullah Beg: A memorable Delhi mushaira. Altaf Husain Hali: A memoir of Ghalib. Ghalib: Letters. The 'New Light' : responding to social change. Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Aligarh Movement. Akbar Ilahabadi: Satire in a changing society. The novel. Rusva: Umrao Jan Ada.

Edition Notes

Revised edition of: Hidden in the lute : an anthology of two centuries of Urdu literature, published in the UK by Carcanet Press in 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-381).

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New Delhi, India
Other Titles
Hidden in the lute.
Copyright Date
2017

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
891.4/3909
Library of Congress
PK2049 .H54 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 381 pages
Number of pages
381

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44115752M
ISBN 10
9386702169
ISBN 13
9789386702166
OCLC/WorldCat
1004427182

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