Lyrical movements, historical hauntings : on gender, colonialism, and desire in Miraji's Urdu poetry / Geeta Patel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patel, Geeta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mīrājī, 1912-1949--Criticism and interpretation.

Mīrājī.

Mīrājī, 1912-1949.

Criticism and interpretation.

Gender identity in literature.

Sex in literature.

Urdu poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Urdu poetry.

Physical Description:

xiii, 470 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This is one of the first books in any language on the life and work of Miraji (1912-1949), one of the major canonical Urdu poets of the 20th century. Presenting close readings of some of Miraji' s most compelling and challenging poems, the author reconceives the relationships among nationalism, gender, and sexuality in Indian life.

Contents:

Part 1. Beginnings

Introduction: Journey Toward Miraji 3

1. Stories from a Childhood 15

Part 2. Literary Movements: Margins and Centers

2. The Terms of the Encounter: Miraji and the Progressive Writers' Association 83

3. Miraji's Response to the Progressives 131

Part 3. Self, Language, and Masculinity

4. Epigram for Longing Souls and Compelled Bodies: Whither Masculinity? 171

5. In Illumined Shadows: Reading "Traveler" 211

Part 4. Naming the Lyrical

6. What's in a Name? 241

7. Reading Gender, Charting the Obscure 257

Epilogue: Entrances to Life and Death 315

Appendix A. Beveled Glass: Selected Translations 319

Appendix B. Working Translations: Essays, Prose Musings, Miscellaneous Poems 351.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-457) and index.

ISBN:

0804733295

OCLC:

46785363