Karbala: A Historical Play by Premchand (Hardbound-2022)
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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.
Dr Nishat Zaidi is Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
| ISBN13 | 9780190132637 |
|---|---|
| Product Name | Karbala: A Historical Play by Premchand (Hardbound-2022) |
| Price | ₹1,695.00 |
| Original Price | INR 1695.00 |
| Author | Professor Nishat Zaidi |
| Publisher | Oxford UP |
| Publication Year | 2022 |
| Subject | Music, Theatre and Films |
| Binding | Hardbound |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 241 |
| Weight | 0.354000 |
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