Aabe-e Hayat
Shaping the Canon of Urdu Poetry
Published on 19. July 2001
Book
Hardback
490 pages
978-0-19-565358-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a fluent translation of the Urdu work, "Water of Life (Aab-e hayat)", dating from 1880, by Muhammad Husain Azad (1830-1910). It has been described as the most widely read Urdu book of the past century, and is both the last classical anthology of Urdu poetry and the earliest attempt to analyze, along modern lines, the historical and linguistic development of the Urdu language. This book is intended for scholars of Urdu literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
755 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-565358-8 (9780195653588)
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