Ab-E Hayat Shaping the Canon of Urdu Poetry

Name: Ab-E Hayat Shaping the Canon of Urdu Poetry
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ISBN: 9780195653588

ISBN-10: 0195653580

ISBN-13: 9780195653588

Edition: 2001

Authors: Muhammad Husain Azad, Frances Pritchett, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

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This is a fluent translation of a brilliantly written Urdu work, Water of Life (Aab-e hayat), dating from 1880, by Muhammad Husain Azad (1830-1910). It has been described as the most widely read Urdu book of the past century, and is both the last classical anthology of Urdu poetry and the earliest attempt to analyse along modern lines the historical and linguistic development of the Urdu language.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 490
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Acknowledgements


How to Use This Translation


'Everybody Knows This Much ...': Introduction


Constructing a Literary History, a Canon, and a Theory of Poetry: Introduction


Ab-e Hayat: Biographies of Urdu Poets of Renown, and an Account of the Improvements and Reforms Made in the Urdu Language from Age to Age: Introduction


The History of the Urdu Language


When Persian Entered into Braj Bhasha, What Effect It Created, and What Hope There Is for the Future


The History of Urdu Poetry


The First Era of Ab-e Hayat, in which Vali and his accomplished contemporaries are seated together in assembly


The Second Era of Ab-e Hayat: Shah Hatim, Khan-e Arzu, Fughan


The Third Era of Ab-e Hayat: Mirza Mazhar Jan Janan, Mir Soz, Mir Taqi, Mirza Rafi Sauda, Khavajah Mir Dard


The Fourth Era of Ab-e Hayat: Mushafi, Sayyid Insha, Jur'at


The Fifth Era of Ab-e Hayat: Nasikh, Atash, Shah Nasir, Momin, Zauq, Ghalib


The Conclusion of Ab-e Hayat: The free (azad) servant, Muhammad Husain


Bibliography


Index of Authors and Works


Index of Literary Terms


General Index of References