The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide /

The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide / Ayesha Jalal.

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"Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was an established Urdu short story writer and a rising screenwriter in Bombay at the time of India's partition in 1947, and he is perhaps best known for the short stories he wrote following his migration to Lahore in newly formed Pakistan. Today Manto is an...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Jalal, Ayesha (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2013.
Series:Lawrence Stone lectures.
Subjects:
Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, > 1912-1955 > Criticism and interpretation.
Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, > 1912-1955 > Political and social views.
Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, > 1912-1955 > Correspondence.
Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, > 1912-1955
India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.
Authors, Urdu > 20th century > Biography.
Short stories, Urdu > History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Political aspects > South Asia > History > 20th century.
Authors, Urdu.
Literature.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Political aspects.
Political and social views.
Short stories, Urdu.
India > History > Partition, 1947.
South Asia > History > 20th century.
South Asia > In literature.
India.
South Asia.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: Manto and Partition
  • I. Stories
  • "Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion"
  • Amritsar Dreams of Revolution
  • Bombay : Challenges and Opportunities
  • II. Memories
  • Remembering Partition
  • From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves
  • Living and Walking Bombay
  • III. Histories
  • Partition : Neither End nor Beginning
  • On the Postcolonial Moment
  • Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War
  • Epilogue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On ..

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