Read more
Informationen zum Autor Carlo Coppola is Professor Emeritus of Hindi-Urdu and linguistics at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA. An award-winning teacher and mentor, he has served as Director at the University's Centre for International Programs. In 1963 he co-founded Mahfil, A Quarterly of South Asian Literature, later retitled as Journal of South Asian Literature. Up until 2002, the magazine served as a major pioneering outlet for South Asian literature translated into English. Klappentext This book attempts to determine the nature and meaning of the term 'progressivism' and assess its significance in the larger context of Urdu literature and, ultimately, South Asian literature. Zusammenfassung This book attempts to determine the nature and meaning of the term 'progressivism' and assess its significance in the larger context of Urdu literature and, ultimately, South Asian literature. It investigates the emergence of the Progressive Movement in the subcontinent along with the indigenous and foreign influences: literary, historical, intellectual, and philosophical which set the stage for the Progressive Movement. Contrary to the belief held by some critics that the progressive movement was mostly if not entirely, derived from English and Russian sources and influences, this study indicates that strong indigenous elements contributed equally, if not more, to the movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Preface Note on Transcription List of Abbreviations Chapters 1 The Urdu Background to the Progressive Movement 2 The Angare Group: The Enfants Terribles of Urdu Literature 3 The All-India Progressive Writers' Association: The European Phase - The Kremlin/Moscow - London/Bloomsbury - The Latin Quarter/Paris 4 The All-India Progressive Writers' Association: The Indian Phase - The Preliminary Setting: India, 1935-1936 - The First All-India Progressive Writers' Association Meeting, Lucknow, 1936 5 The All-India Progressive Writers' Association, 1937-1947: Years of Power - The AIPWA before World War II, 1937-39 - The AIPWA and the War Years, 1939-45 - The AIPWA Between the War and Independence: 1945-47 6 The Progressive Writers' Association in India and Pakistan, 1947-70: Years of Decline - The AIPWA, 1947-53: Years of Rapid Decline - The AIPWA, 1953-70: An organization in Search of Members - The All-Pakistan Progressive Writers' Association, 1947-58: 'A Very Short and Chequered History' 7 Faiz Ahmed Faiz: The Progressive Poet as Aesthete 8 Asrarul Haq Majaz: The Progressive Poet as Romantic 9 Makhdum Mohiuddin: The Reluctant Progressive 10 Ali Sardar Jafri: The Progressive Poet and the Consistency of Commitment 11 Sahir Ludhianvi: The Progressive as Lyric Poet 12 Conclusions Appendices I. Communist Party Activities in India Prior to 1935 II. Select Biographical Notes A Chronology of the Progressive Writers' Movement Glossary of Literary and Historical Allusions Select Bibliography Index of Poems by Title Index of Poems by Author Index ...
Summary
This book attempts to determine the nature and meaning of the term 'progressivism' and assess its significance in the larger context of Urdu literature and, ultimately, South Asian literature.
