The Light
A History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent
Published on 3. August 2006
Book
Hardback
326 pages
978-0-19-547155-7 (ISBN)
Description
Sajjad Zaheer (1905-1973) was one of the main architects of the Progressive Movement in Literature in pre-Partition India. Light, his account of this movement, which transformed Urdu literature, contains many fascinating portraits of the leading writers of the time-Tagore, Premchand, and Faiz.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
Pakistan
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
12pp halftone plates
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
563 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-547155-7 (9780195471557)
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