Daybreak : writings on Faiz / compiled and edited by Yasmeen Hameed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ḥamīd, Yāsmīn, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faiẓ, Faiẓ Aḥmad, 1911-1984--Criticism and interpretation.

Faiẓ, Faiẓ Aḥmad.

Faiẓ, Faiẓ Aḥmad, 1911-1984.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxii, 380 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Daybreak: Writings on Faiz was initiated as a project of the Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) to mark the Faiz Ahmed Faiz centenary. The book brings together articles and essays on Faiz by British, American, Russian, Indian, and Pakistani writers along with Faiz's poems rendered into English by thirteen translators. Two of Faiz's interviews sum up the poet's own views on art, literature, and the artist. Ranging from purely critical writings to reminiscences and memoirs, the collection provides a comprehensive overview of the poet's persona, his work, and the major happening that influenced and shaped his literary career. The book is compiled as a tribute to Faiz and will be significant because this represents the first time such diverse material in English has been collected in a single volume. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction to 'Poems by Faiz' / Victor G. Kiernan Kiernan, Victor G. 1

Poetry's Theme / Victor G. Kiernan Kiernan, Victor G. 27

2 Faiz and the Classical Ghazal / Shasur Rahman Faruqi Faruqi, Shasur Rahman 29

Ghazal / Agha Shahid Ali Ali, Agha Shahid 37

3 Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Poetry, Politics, and Pakistan / Ralph Russell Russell, Ralph 38

A Few More Days / Daud Kamal Kamal, Daud 64

4 Tradition and Innovation in Faiz Ahmed Faiz / Gopi Chand Narang Narang, Gopi Chand 65

My Heat, Fellow Traveller / Waqas Khwaja Khwaja, Waqas 75

5 Another Adolescence: The Prison Poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz / Carlo Coppola Coppola, Carlo 76

We / C.M. Naim Naim, C.M., Carlo Coppola Coppola, Carlo 101

6 Faiz in English: How Five Translators Worked Their Art / Carlo Coppola Coppola, Carlo 102

Prison Daybreak / Naomi Lazard Lazard, Naomi 121

7 Faiz's Legacy-Love and Revolution / Safdar Mir Mir, Safdar 123

The Meeting / Yasmeen Hameed Hameed, Yasmeen 129

8 Translating Faiz / Naomi Lazard Lazard, Naomi 131

If you Look at the City from Here / Naomi Lazard Lazard, Naomi 142

9 Poet and the Modern Age / Rimma Kazakova Kazakova, Rimma 143

Visitors / Daud Kamal Kamal, Daud 148

10 Faiz and his Poetry Today / Maryam Salganik Salganik, Maryam 149

To Those Palestinians Martyred in Foreign Lands / Mahmood Jamal Jamal, Mahmood 152

11 The Sky, the Road, the Glass of Wine: On Translating Faiz / Frances W. Pritchett Pritchett, Frances W. 153

We who were Killed in Half-lit Streets / C.M. Naim Naim, C.M., Carlo Coppola Coppola, Carlo 172

12 Introduction-The Rebel's silhouette: Translating Faiz Ahmed Faiz / Agha Shahid Ali Ali, Agha Shahid 173

Evening / Agha Shahid Ali Ali, Agha Shahid 190

13 Faiz and the Soviet Union / Ludmila Vassilyeva Vassilyeva, Ludmila 191

...and then Came Spring / Shoaib Hashmi Hashmi, Shoaib 208

14 Freedom Unbound: Faiz's Prison Call / Ayesha Jalal Jalal, Ayesha 209

Dedication / Riz Rahim Rahim, Riz 214

15 Towards a Lyric History of India / Aamir R. Mufti Mufti, Aamir R. 216

Two Loves / Victor G. Kiernan Kiernan, Victor G. 258

16 Faiz Ahmed Faiz and N. M. Rashed-A Comparative Analysis / A. Sean Pue Pue, A. Sean 261

On my Return from Dhaka / Agha Shahid Ali Ali, Agha Shahid 276

17 'Let them Snuff out the Moon': Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Prison Lyrics in Dast-e Saba / Ted Genoways Genoways, Ted 277

Freedom's Dawn / Baidar Bakht Bakht, Baidar, Kathleen Grant Jaeger Jaeger, Kathleen Grant 302

18 Faiz gave us the Living Word / Karrar Husain Husain, Karrar 303

In your Ocean Eyes / Shiv Kumar Kumar, Shiv 308

19 Socialists / M. Sadiq Sadiq, M. 309

Last Night Your Lost Memory... / Mahmood Jamal Jamal, Mahmood 317

20 Faiz / Alys Faiz Faiz, Alys 318

Any Lover to Any Beloved / Naomi Lazard Lazard, Naomi 327

21 A Life Devoted to Peace / Mirza Hasan Askari Askari, Mirza Hasan 328

To the Rival / Victor G. Kiernan Kiernan, Victor G. 334

22 Faiz in London / Khalid Hasan Hasan, Khalid 336

Gently / Shoaib Hashmi Hashmi, Shoaib 350

23 A Conversation with Faiz / Muzaffar Iqbal Iqbal, Muzaffar 351

24 'Still as Involved as Ever'-An Interview with Faiz / Tahir Mirza Mirza, Tahir 361.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-371) and index.

ISBN:

9780199065899

0199065896

OCLC:

861789273