A History of Urdu Literature
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Pakistan
- Date of Publication 17 July 2008
- ISBN 9780195475180
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages136 pages
- Size 226x150x15 mm
- Weight 323 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This work has successfully managed to order a vast and amorphous body of literary activity into one volume. The book marked a stage in the development of literary consciousness even more deeply than preceding works by Abdul Latif and Ram Babu Saxena. Taking a historical view, the study regards the formative Deccan period as most creditable both for the natural bent of the language and the natural inclination of the poets. The author regards the pure, indigenous Urdu
better than the Persianised Urdu. The literary history ends with a notice on Mohammad Iqbal. The Progressive Writers Movement was yet to be launched, and the author was standing at a cusp. From this vantage, he provided us with a useful summary of the past, and gave a context to unfolding trends in
literature.
Long description:
This work has successfully managed to order a vast and amorphous body of literary activity into one volume. The book marked a stage in the development of literary consciousness even more deeply than preceding works by Abdul Latif and Ram Babu Saxena. Taking a historical view, the study regards the formative Deccan period as most creditable, both for the natural bent of the language and the natural inclination of the poets. The author's view that the pure, indigenous
Urdu is better than the Persianised Urdu is clearly explained. This literary history ends with a notice on Mohammad Iqbal. When the book was written the Progressive Writers Movement had not been launched, and Bailey stood at a cusp. From this vantage, he provided us with a useful summary of the past,
and gave a context to unfolding trends in literature. Another interesting, in fact, important aspect of this Work is that the author is rarely dismissive of any poet, however minor. Bailey's credentials as a historian of literature are validated by the place he assigns to minor poets who make up the general fabric of literature to a far greater extent that the major poets; the major poets being too individual and their sameness being a challenge to a discerning critic seeking
precision.
Table of Contents:
Introduction by Muhammad Reza Kazimi
Introduction to the 1932 Edition
The History of Urdu
The Beginnings of Urdu Literature
The First Century of Urdu Poetry in Delhi (AD 1730-1830)
Urdu Poetry in Lucknow in the Nineteenth Century
The Second Delhi Period and the Four Poets of Rampur
Urdu Prose
The New Age
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Works
Index of Subjects
