Kalami-I Urdu: Revised; Being Selections for the Urdu Proficiency Examination (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

The Jadld Kalam-i Urdu is a revised and enlarged edition of the Kalam-i Urdu, the text-book originally prescribed for the Proficiency Examination. In the new edition, the poetry portion has been considerably reduced, while the prose portion has been greatly increased. Of the prose selections the first half were all included in the former edition and consist of articles contributed by various writers to modern literary magazines. In these the influence of a Western education is discernible both as regards the subjects dealt with and also in respect of the manner of treatment. The second half of the prose portion is entirely new material. The two pieces, Namak Ka Daragha and Be-gharaz Muhsin are from the pen of a young writer of great promise, still living. The remaining prose selections are from the writings of recognised masters of Urdu style. The account of Raja Blrbal is taken from the Darbar-i A kbari of the late Maulavi A zad, formerly a Professor at the Government College, Lahore. In addition to this history of the Court of A kbar the Great, he was the author of Qisai-H ind or Annals of I ndia, and A b-i-ffayatt a history of Urdu literature, all of which are much admired and have had a great influence upon the development of modern Urdu proses. The Fasana-i A zad, from which the next piece is taken, is a three volume novel by the late Pandit Ratan Nath Sarshar, at one time editor of the Oudh A khbar in which instalments of this novel were first published. The Fasana-i A zad and his other best-known work, thel Sair-i Kohsar consist of a series of very vivid and amusing sketches of Lucknow life more or less loosely grouped round the central figure of the hero whose adventures constitute a vagf sort of plot. These are among the most popular works of 5literature. The writer has a happy gift for exactly la1- 8off the speech and mannerisms of the various type
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