The Urdu Ghazal: A Gift of India's Composite Culture by Prof. Gopi Chand Narang

Description: The Urdu Ghazal by Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, Mr. Surinder Deol, Gopi Chand Narang Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description The book presents unique flowering of Urdu ghazal as a by-product of Indias composite culture that evolved from intermixing of Indian and alien value systems. This never before narrated story of the evolution of Urdu ghazal is documented in eight chapters divided into three parts. It explores a variety of influences, including Sufism, Bhakti movement, and infusion of Rekhta and Persian languages and culture. The book explains classical ghazal forms that blossomedfrom the seeds sown by Amir Khusrau in the fourteenth century to great heights of literary excellence achieved during the next three hundred years, notably in the works of great poets like Mir andGhalib. Different socio-political and cultural demands of changing times are expounded towards the end, primarily showing how ghazal provided new creative models to deal with literary movements like progressivism, modernism, and postmodernism. It is a work of painstaking research conducted by eminent Urdu scholar and author Professor Gopi Chand Narang over a very long period. The book includes sample works of thematically related poets. The reader will especially appreciate extended coverageof pioneering innovators of the twentieth-century like Firaq Gorakhpuri and Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and postmodern poets like Gulzar and Javed Akhtar. Author Biography GOPI CHAND NARANG is Professor Emeritus, University of Delhi and Jamia Mila Islamia. He was Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellow of the IGNCA (2002-2004), and Rockefeller Foundation Fellow for Residency at Bellagio Study Centre, Italy (1997). He received Mazzini Gold Medal (Italy, 2005). He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, London, UK and his invaluable contribution to literature is acknowledged in the DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, Cambridge, UK. He isthe only Urdu writer honored by the Presidents of India and Pakistan. In 1971, he got the Presidents National Gold Medal from Pakistan for his illuminating work on Allama Iqbal. He has authored morethan 65 books; 12 in English, 8 in Hindi and more than 40 in Urdu. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2004 and Padma Shri in 1990.SURINDER DEOL served as a program manager and a senior specialist at the World Bank in Washington, DC. His interest in Ghalibs poetry, a passion from his early years, led him to translate Divan-e Ghalib in free verse, which was published as THE TREASURE: A MODERN RENDITION OF GHALIBS LYRICAL LOVE POETRY in 2014. A new revised and expanded edition of the book appeared in 2018. He has also authored a novel titled ENDLESS LIFE (2012) and a collection of poems A MOMENT IN THE UNIVERSE (2006).More recently, he translated Professor Gopi Chand Narangs classic study of Ghalibs poetics into English and it has been published as GHALIB: INNOVATIVE MEANINGS AND THE INGENIOUS MIND by OxfordUniversity Press. He lives in Potomac, Maryland, with his wife Daler Aashna Deol. Details ISBN 0190120797 ISBN-13 9780190120795 Title The Urdu Ghazal Author Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, Mr. Surinder Deol, Gopi Chand Narang Format Hardcover Year 2020 Pages 544 Publisher OUP India GE_Item_ID:134534023; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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