The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide /

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"Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was an established Urdu short story writer and a rising screenwriter in Bombay at the time of India's partition in 1947, and he is perhaps best known for the short stories he wrote following his migration to Lahore in newly formed Pakistan. Today Manto is an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jalal, Ayesha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Lawrence Stone lectures.
Temas:
Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, > 1912-1955 > Criticism and interpretation.
Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, > 1912-1955 > Political and social views.
Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, > 1912-1955 > Correspondence.
Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, > 1912-1955
1900-1999
India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.
Authors, Urdu > 20th century > Biography.
Short stories, Urdu > History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Political aspects > South Asia > History > 20th century.
Conflit indo-pakistanais, 1947-1949.
Narration > Aspect politique > Asie méridionale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Indic.
Authors, Urdu
Literature
Narration (Rhetoric) > Political aspects
Political and social views
Short stories, Urdu
India > History > Partition, 1947.
South Asia > History > 20th century.
South Asia > In literature.
Inde > Histoire > 1947 (Partage)
Asie méridionale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Asie méridionale > Dans la littérature.
India
South Asia
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude: Manto and Partition
  • I. Stories
  • "Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion"
  • Amritsar Dreams of Revolution
  • Bombay : Challenges and Opportunities
  • II. Memories
  • Remembering Partition
  • From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves
  • Living and Walking Bombay
  • III. Histories
  • Partition : Neither End nor Beginning
  • On the Postcolonial Moment
  • Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War
  • Epilogue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On ...

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