Poetry of Belonging: Muslim Imaginings of India 1850-1950

by Ali Khan Mahmudabad

This book examines facets of North Indian Muslim identity c. 1850-1950. It focuses specifically on the role of literature and poetry as the medium through which certain Muslim 'voices' articulated, negotiated, configured and expressed their understandings of what it meant to be Muslim and Indian, given the socio-political exigencies of the time. Specifically, a history of the public space of poetry will be presented and half of the book will chart...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190121017
• ISBN13: 9780190121013
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.8"