Karbala - A Historical Play by Premchand (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	OUP India
Country of origin:	India
Release date:	2023
Editors:	Nishat Zaidi (Professor)
Authors:	Premchand (Poet)
Dimensions:	221 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	241
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-013263-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-19-013263-9
Barcode:	9780190132637

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