Karbala
A Historical Play by Premchand
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ISBN:
9780190132637
Publication date:
12/10/2022
Hardback
240 pages
216x140mm
Price: 1695.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780190132637
Publication date:
12/10/2022
Hardback
240 pages
Nishat Zaidi, Premchand
This book has an extensive Introduction and Preface by the Editor.,It also has Premchand's notes and essays on the play.
Rights: World Rights
Nishat Zaidi, Premchand
Description
In seventh-century Arabia, Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussain,
sacrificed his life and his family members and companions in the desert of
Karbala, Iraq, to resist the debauched ruler Yazid. In twentieth-century India,
when the communal conflict was at its peak, Premchand wrote a play about this
pivotal event of Islamic history and transformed it into a nationalist narrative.
This first-ever English translation of Premchand's outstanding play Karbala
(1924) is an illuminating blend of historical facts and imagination. It reveals
Premchand's profound understanding of the communal
conflict in early
twentieth-century India and his unique way of imagining the nation, in tune
with Gandhian principles of communal harmony and co-existence of religions.
About the author
Edited and Translated by Professor Nishat Zaidi, Professor, Jamia Milia Islamia, and authored by Premchand, PoetDr Nishat Zaidi is Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
Nishat Zaidi, Premchand
Table of contents
Table of Contents
1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. The Play
4. Appendices:
A. Premchand's Defence of the Play
B. Premchand's Letter to Daya Narain Nigam, Editor of Zamana regarding the Play
C. Hindi Vs Urdu Versions of the Play and General Notes about the Translation
D. A Glossary
E. Urdu /Hindi Texts of Poems
Nishat Zaidi, Premchand
Description
In seventh-century Arabia, Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussain,
sacrificed his life and his family members and companions in the desert of
Karbala, Iraq, to resist the debauched ruler Yazid. In twentieth-century India,
when the communal conflict was at its peak, Premchand wrote a play about this
pivotal event of Islamic history and transformed it into a nationalist narrative.
This first-ever English translation of Premchand's outstanding play Karbala
(1924) is an illuminating blend of historical facts and imagination. It reveals
Premchand's profound understanding of the communal
conflict in early
twentieth-century India and his unique way of imagining the nation, in tune
with Gandhian principles of communal harmony and co-existence of religions.
About the author
Edited and Translated by Professor Nishat Zaidi, Professor, Jamia Milia Islamia, and authored by Premchand, PoetDr Nishat Zaidi is Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
Table of contents
Table of Contents
1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. The Play
4. Appendices:
A. Premchand's Defence of the Play
B. Premchand's Letter to Daya Narain Nigam, Editor of Zamana regarding the Play
C. Hindi Vs Urdu Versions of the Play and General Notes about the Translation
D. A Glossary
E. Urdu /Hindi Texts of Poems
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