Poetry, mainly Urdu poetry, played a very significant role in Indiaâ s freedom struggle. This book explores the poetic contributions going back centuries of colonial rule, which became songs of freedom and captured both the poignancy and fervour of revolution, protest, and hope.
Poetry, mainly Urdu poetry, played a very significant role in Indiaâ s freedom struggle. This book explores the poetic contributions going back centuries of colonial rule, which became songs of freedom and captured both the poignancy and fervour of revolution, protest, and hope.
Gopi Chand Narang (1931-2022) won awe-inspiring recognition all around the world for his outstanding contribution to literature. He authored numerous pathbreaking scholarly books, and he was the Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellow of the IGNCA (2002-2004) and Rockefeller Foundation Fellow for Residency at Bellagio Study Centre, Italy (1997). He was also Professor Emeritus at University of Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India. Surinder Deol is the author of SAHIR: A Literary Portrait, published in 2019. His translations of books on poets such as Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir, and the Urdu Ghazal have received critical acclaim. He has also published a poetical biography of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. He lives in Potomac, Maryland.
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Preface PART I: Prison and the Hanging Post 1. The Patriotic Tradition: From Amir Khusrau to 1857 2. The 1857 Uprising and the Urdu Poetry 3. Uneasy Calm Before the Storm 1857-1914 4. The First World War and Its Aftermath 5. The Progressive and Nationalist Poetry 6. The Banned and Witness Poetry PART II: Leading Poets of the Freedom Struggle 7. Durga Sahai Suroor Jahanabadi 8. Josh Malihabadi 9. Tilok Chand Mehroom 10. Firaq Gorakhpuri Bibliography Index
Preface PART I: Prison and the Hanging Post 1. The Patriotic Tradition: From Amir Khusrau to 1857 2. The 1857 Uprising and the Urdu Poetry 3. Uneasy Calm Before the Storm 1857-1914 4. The First World War and Its Aftermath 5. The Progressive and Nationalist Poetry 6. The Banned and Witness Poetry PART II: Leading Poets of the Freedom Struggle 7. Durga Sahai Suroor Jahanabadi 8. Josh Malihabadi 9. Tilok Chand Mehroom 10. Firaq Gorakhpuri Bibliography Index
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