The Dissident Voice: The Poems of N.M. Rashed - Brossura

Habib, M. A. R.; Rashid, N. M.

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ISBN 10: 0195627415 ISBN 13: 9780195627411

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1993

Riassunto

One of the major modern poets of the Urdu language in the twentieth century, N.M. Rashed lived and wrote at a time of tremendous upheaval both within and outside the Islamic world--the period between the two World Wars. Viewed as anarchic for his passionate defense of democracy and individualism, Rashed was responsible for spearheading a modernist movement in Urdu literature. His many critics failed to see that his apparent religious heterodoxy was itself a version of faith, often reflected in his verse as an intense, if tragic, spiritual struggle expressed in earthly terms. Attacking a tradition while remaining within it, Rashed turned the ghazal, primarily a love lyric and itself a subversive verse form, into a powerful weapon of protest. A composite picture of the world and works of Rashed is presented here for the first time in English translation with poems drawn from various collections of his verse.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195627415
• ISBN 13: 9780195627411
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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