Karbala: A Historical Play by Premchand

ISBN-13: 9780190132637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 241 str.

Nishat Zaidi; Nishat Zaidi

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Nishat Zaidi's expert translation brings Premchand's unique Indian version of the tragic killing of Hussain in the Karbala battle to the Englishreading public." - Hans Harder, Professor of Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures, Heidelberg University.

O autorze

Dr Nishat Zaidi is Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.