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Urdu poetry, 1935-1970 : the progressive episode / Carlo Coppola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coppola, Carlo, author.
- Series:
- Platinum series (Oxford University Press)
- The platinum series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urdu poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- Urdu poetry.
- Progressivism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 684 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Karachi, Pakistan : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This book attempts to determine the nature and meaning of the term 'progressivism' and assess its significance in the larger context of Urdu literature and, ultimately, South Asian literature.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Urdu Background to the Progressive Movement 1
- Chapter 2 The Angare Group: The Enfants Terribles of Urdu Literature 34
- Chapter 3 The All-India Progressive Writers' Association: The European Phase 62
- The Kremlin/Moscow 62
- London/Bloomsbury 75
- The Latin Quarter/Paris 88
- Chapter 4 The All-India Progressive Writers' Association: The Indian Phase 115
- The Preliminary Setting: India, 1935-1936 115
- The First All-India Progressive Writers' Association Meeting, Lucknow, 1936 131
- Chapter 5 The All-India Progressive Writers' Association, 1937-1947: Years of Power 169
- The AIPWA before World War II, 1937-37 170
- The AIPWA and the War Years, 1939-45 186
- The AIPWA Between the War and Independence: 1945-47 217
- Chapter 6 The Progressive Writers' Association in India and Pakistan, 1947-70: Years of Decline 230
- The AIPWA, 1947-53: Years of Rapid Decline 230
- The AIPWA, 1953-70: An Organization in Search of Members 249
- The All-Pakistan Progressive Writers' Association, 1947-58: 'A Very Short and Chequered History' 299
- Chapter 7 Faiz Ahmed Faiz: The Progressive Poet as Aesthete 324
- Chapter 8 Asrarul Haq Majaz: The Progressive Poet as Romantic 410
- Chapter 9 Makhdum Mohiuddin: The Reluctant Progressive 442
- Chapter 10 Ali Sardar Jafri: The Progressive Poet and the Consistency of Commitment 466
- Chapter 11 Sahir Ludhianvi: The Progressive as Lyric Poet 504
- Chapter 12 Conclusions 536.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199403493
- 019940349X
- OCLC:
- 1021016432
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