Urdu Texts and Contexts: The Selected Essays of C.M. NaimC.M. Naim`S Essays In The Book Offer Fresh Perspectives On Diverse Urdu Texts Vital To The Cultural History Of India, And Diverse Literary Social And Performative Contexts Identified With Urdu Language In South Asia And Beyond Of Interest To Those Interested In The Sociology Of Literature In South Asia And The Social History Of Muslims In North India. |
Contents
The Art of the Urdu Marsiya | 1 |
Homosexual Pederastic Love in PreModern Urdu Poetry | 19 |
Transvestic Words? The Rekhti in Urdu | 42 |
Yes The Poem Itself | 67 |
Translating Ghalib 20 | 79 |
Pseudodramatic Poems of Iqbal | 96 |
PoetAudience Interaction at Urdu Mushairahs | 108 |
PrizeWinning Adab | 120 |
Mughal and English Patronage of Urdu Poetry | 151 |
The Consequences of IndoPakistani War for Urdu Language and Literature | 178 |
How Bibi Ashraf Learned to Read and Write | 202 |
The Case of Akbar Birbal and Mulla DoPiyaza | 225 |
A Shamelessly Revisionist Look at Two Popular Metaphors | 250 |
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