The Two-Sided Canvas
Perspectives on Ahmed Ali
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ISBN:
9780198077954
Publication date:
23/07/2013
Hardback
240 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Price: 995.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198077954
Publication date:
23/07/2013
Hardback
240 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Suitable for: Students and scholars of English and Urdu literature, comparative literature, South Asian literary studies, cultural studies, Muslim social and cultural history, as well as general readers
Rights: World Rights
Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Description
Ahmed Ali (1910–1994), multitalented, bilingual writer, poet, scholar, translator, critic, and anthologist, is one of the stalwarts of South Asian literature. A founder of the All-India Progressive Writers’ Association and best-known for the classic portrait of Delhi, Twilight in Delhi (1940), Ali’s life and work is informed by a tremendous idealism that inspired a whole generation of writers and intellectuals. As a literary figure, he epitomized a compelling cosmopolitan sensibility and opened up the South Asian literary milieu to the West, easily bridging East–West boundaries through his translations, modernist outlook, and anti-parochial stance. In The Two-sided Canvas, Mehr Afshan Farooqi introduces us to Ali’s bilingual creative genius and brings together a cornucopia of biography, interviews, and critical essays by eminent scholars like Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Carlo Coppola, Ahmad Hal-Rahim, and Snehal Shingavi among others, which shed fascinating light on Ali’s literary oeuvre as well as a critical period of history that saw the demise of British colonial rule in India. With rare archival material, this book will engage students and scholars of English and Urdu literature, comparative literature, cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in Muslim social and cultural history.
Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Features
- Ahmed Ali, one of South Asia's major literary stalwarts
- Nine essays on Ali's work by renowned scholars
- Selected English and Urdu writings and Ali's original translations
- Previously unpublished writings
- Extensive interview of Ahmed Ali
- Comprehensive Introduction
Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Description
Ahmed Ali (1910–1994), multitalented, bilingual writer, poet, scholar, translator, critic, and anthologist, is one of the stalwarts of South Asian literature. A founder of the All-India Progressive Writers’ Association and best-known for the classic portrait of Delhi, Twilight in Delhi (1940), Ali’s life and work is informed by a tremendous idealism that inspired a whole generation of writers and intellectuals. As a literary figure, he epitomized a compelling cosmopolitan sensibility and opened up the South Asian literary milieu to the West, easily bridging East–West boundaries through his translations, modernist outlook, and anti-parochial stance. In The Two-sided Canvas, Mehr Afshan Farooqi introduces us to Ali’s bilingual creative genius and brings together a cornucopia of biography, interviews, and critical essays by eminent scholars like Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Carlo Coppola, Ahmad Hal-Rahim, and Snehal Shingavi among others, which shed fascinating light on Ali’s literary oeuvre as well as a critical period of history that saw the demise of British colonial rule in India. With rare archival material, this book will engage students and scholars of English and Urdu literature, comparative literature, cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in Muslim social and cultural history.
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