Bibliographical News
Note: (R) indicates that the book is reviewed elsewhere in this issue.
Ahmad, Aijaz. "The Old Catastrophes." Journal of South Asian Literature (abbr JSAL), 13:1-4 (1977-78), pp. 311-316. (Poem, translated by the poet.)
Ali, Ahmed. "The Progressive Writers' Movement and its Historical Perspective." JSAL, 13:1-4 (1977-78), pp. 91-97.
Ashar, Masud. "Trees and Doors." JSAL, 16:2 (Summer, Fall 1981), pp. 133-137. (Short story, tr. Linda Wentink.)
Chandar, Krishna. "The Pit." JSAL, 13:1-4 (1977-78), pp. 225-232. (Short story, tr. C. J. S. Jossan.)
Chugtai, Ismat. "Two Hands." JSAL, 16:2 (Summer, Fall 1981), pp. 123-130. (Short story, tr. Steven M. Poulos.)
Coppola, Carlo. "Urdu Literary Reactions to the 1943 Bengal Famine." Vagartha, No. 18 (July 1977), pp. 41-50.
——— "Asrarul Haq Majaz: The Progressive Poet as Revolutionary Roman-tic." Jndian Literature, 24:4 (July, August 1981), pp. 46-56.
Faiz, Faiz Ahmed/ et al. "Eight Punjabi and Urdu Poems." (By Mushtaq Soofi, Masood Munawwar, Sarmad Sehbai, and Faiz Ahmad Faiz.) pacific Quarterly, 6:2 (1981), pp. 190-193. (Tr. Alamgir Hashmi.)
——- "Faiz and Punjabi Poetry: A Rejoinder." viewpoint (Lahore), 13 August 1981, pp. 22-23.
(A rejoinder to Izzat Majeed*s "Faiz and Punjabi Poetry" which appeared in viewpoint, 1 July 1981, and criticized some of Faiz's remarks to Khalid Hasan, q.v. below.)
——-- "Decolonising Literature." viewpoint (Lahore), 20 August 1981, pp.15-16.
Faruqi, Snamsur Rahman. THE SECRET MIRROR: ESSAYS ON URDU
POETRY. Delhi: Academic Literature, 1981, 157 pp., index. Rs. 80.00. (Available from Academic Literature; 58 Jitar Nagar Extension; Parwana Road; Delhi 110 051.) (Contents: "Expression of the Indian Mind in the Urdu Gha2al;"-Ghalib, the Difficult Poet;" "Iqbal, the Riddle of Lucretius, and Ghalib;" "The Image of Satan in Iqbal and Milton;*' ** Iqbal's Romantic Dilemma;** "The Problem of Interpretation in Mir Anis;** "A Ghazal by Ghalib; *' "A
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