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Mehr Afshan Farooqi - Urdu Literary Culture: Vernacular Modernity in the Writing of Muhammad Hasan Askari (Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World) - 9781137009029 - V9781137009029
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Urdu Literary Culture: Vernacular Modernity in the Writing of Muhammad Hasan Askari (Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World)

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Description for Urdu Literary Culture: Vernacular Modernity in the Writing of Muhammad Hasan Askari (Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World) Hardcover. Urdu Literary Culture examines the impact of political circumstances on vernacular (Urdu) literary culture through an in-depth study of the writings of Muhammad Hasan Askari, who lived during the Partition of India. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 303 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2BMU; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Urdu Literary Culture examines the impact of political circumstances on vernacular (Urdu) literary culture through an in-depth study of the writings of Muhammad Hasan Askari, who lived during the Partition of India.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137009029
SKU
V9781137009029
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Ref
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About Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Mehr Afshan Farooqi is an assistant professor of South Asian Literature at the University of Virginia, USA.

Reviews for Urdu Literary Culture: Vernacular Modernity in the Writing of Muhammad Hasan Askari (Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World)
'The strikingly original literary theorist Muhammad Hasan Askari, who began as an avant-garde Europhile and ended as a strictly Islamic Sufi, occupies a particularly contentious place in Urdu literary culture, and remains almost entirely unknown outside it. Farooqi sets out to 'enter into Askari's complicated life' so that she can 'better understand his sensibility.' In this project she succeeds excellently. ... Read more

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