An anthology of modern Urdu poetry : in English translation, with Urdu text = Jadīd Urdū shāʻirī kā intik̲h̲āb, Angrezī tarjame ke sāth / edited and translated by M.A.R. Habib.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Habib, Rafey.

Series:

Texts and translations. Texts

Modern Language Association of America. Texts and translations

Language:

English

Urdu

Subjects (All):

Urdu poetry--Translations into English.

Urdu poetry.

Physical Description:

xlii, 195 pages ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Jadīd Urdū shāʻirī kā intik̲h̲āb, Angrezī tarjame ke sāth

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2003.

Summary:

Currently spoken by almost 250 million people in Pakistan and India and the second most widely spoken language in Briain, Urdu has one of the richest literatures of all south Asian languages. The modern Urdu poets presented in this book offer a fascinating range of forms and styles that grew out of that tradition, as well as a complex commentary on the experience -- personal, religious, cultural, political -- of the issues and dilemmas of the twentieth century. In his introduction, M. A. R. Habib outlines the history of Urdu literature, identifies the major poets associated with the classical tradition, discusses some Western influences, and describes the formal genres of the poetry (the qasida, the masnavi, and the marisiya forms of the longer poems; the qit'a, the rubai, and the ghazal forms of the shorter poems). Together, the commentary and the poems in this volume provide an informed introduction to major modern trends in Urdu poetry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxii-xxxiv).

ISBN:

0873527976

OCLC:

50982244