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 Culture and Identity: Selected English Writings of Faiz
Product Details:
Editor: Sheema Majeed | ISBN: 0-19-597995-8 | Format: Hardcover | Pages: 261 | Weight: 1.25 lbs | Pub. Date: 2005 | Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book is the first compilation of the English writings of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistan’s premier poet and author to be published. Apart from many volumes of poetry beginning with Naqsh-e-Faryadi in 1941, Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote literary criticism and articles on culture in both Urdu and English. Some of his articles in this volume spell out the writer’s well-known predilection for the progressive canons of literature. Articles on Amir Khusrau, Ghalib, Tolstoy, Iqbal, and Sadequain figure prominently in the collection as ‘applied criticism’. This volume is not only invaluable for shedding light on the literary proclivities of Faiz but also stands on its own as a very candid and original exposition of Pakistani culture and thought.
“I believe that Faiz’s English writings are more indicative of his superb armoury of critical acumen. His first collection of critical writings Meezan is ample proof of the incontrovertible fact that he was an extremely sensitive critic of painting, architecture, music, sculpture, and literature.... I believe that Faiz’s credentials as a critic did not need any approbation from his contemporaries. His article on Iqbal - if translated into Urdu — is perhaps the best article on Iqbal as a poet. Sheema Majeed has quite a few commendable works of compilation to her credit. She deserves our gratitude for having compiled these articles of Faiz.” - Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
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