Urdu Literary Culture examines the impact of political circumstances on vernacular (Urdu) literary culture through an in-depth study of the writings of Muhammad Hasan Askari, who lived during the Partition of India.

Autorentext
Mehr Afshan Farooqi is an assistant professor of South Asian Literature at the University of Virginia, USA.

Zusammenfassung
Urdu Literary Culture examines the impact of political circumstances on vernacular (Urdu) literary culture through an in-depth study of the writings of Muhammad Hasan Askari, who lived during the Partition of India.

Inhalt
Quot Rami Tot Arbores: The University of Allahabad and Beyond  Askari and Firaq: Queer Relations in Life and Literature  Fiction, Theory of Fiction, and the Critical View Jhalkiyan: World Literature, Partition, and Rupture  The Illusion of Form and the Power of Tradition  Revisiting the Indo-Muslim Consciousness  Conclusion: Reopening the Past; Bright Morning and Foggy Night