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Intikhab-e-Kalam: Noon Meem Rashid (Urdu)

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Pakistan; OUP; 2014Description: 64 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780199060665
DDC classification:
  • 891.43
Summary: This is a selection of poems by Noon Meem Rashid (1910-1975), one of the pioneers of blank verse and free verse in Urdu. It was he who had to bear the onslaught of tradition bound criticism. This criticism now appears ludicrous, Noon Meem Rashid prevailed. Noon Meem Rashid's poems had vigour, and the compactness, which had eluded Urdu poetry till then. From first collection Ma'wara, 1941, Rashid comes through as a sceptic with deep metaphysical insight. Noon Meem Rashid's blank verses were full abstract illuminations and formations, projecting the enigmatic, bizarre and weird aspects of life, absorbing into poetry themes that had hitherto been the presence of prose.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Urdu Poetry 891.43 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL000075
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Urdu Poetry 891.43 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL000171
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This is a selection of poems by Noon Meem Rashid (1910-1975), one of the pioneers of blank verse and free verse in Urdu. It was he who had to bear the onslaught of tradition bound criticism. This criticism now appears ludicrous, Noon Meem Rashid prevailed. Noon Meem Rashid's poems had vigour, and the compactness, which had eluded Urdu poetry till then. From first collection Ma'wara, 1941, Rashid comes through as a sceptic with deep metaphysical insight. Noon Meem Rashid's blank verses were full abstract illuminations and formations, projecting the enigmatic, bizarre and weird aspects of life, absorbing into poetry themes that had hitherto been the presence of prose.

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