Pakistani Urdu Verse: An Anthology

By: Hameed, Yasmeen

The book is a bilingual anthology of the twentieth century Urdu nazm. Two poems of each poet with their brief introduction is the format. The poets included in the anthology are all recognized Urdu poets with a sound and worthwhile contribution to literature. This would be the first anthology
of its kind as it represents almost the entire post-Iqbal period in Urdu poetry. The various movements and shifts in styles and preferences are discussed in the introduction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195478916
• ISBN13: 9780195478914
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 350 Pages