Premchand on Literature and Life

Selections (Translated from the Hindi)

Ameena Kazi Ansari, Ruchi Nagpal, Ameena Kazi Ansari, Ruchi Nagpal

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032524573
• eBook ISBN: 9781000905885
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Literature

Premchand on Literature and Life is a collection of Premchand's (1880-1936) fifty non-fiction prose pieces translated into English. The selected pieces in the collection compirse his editorials and articles which appeared in literary magazines and periodicals like Hans and Zamana, and cover a period from the early 1920s till 1936. In them, Premchand emerges as a literary critic and social commentator, holding forth on literature, his literary world, and the socio-cultural milieu of his ties.

His keen observations and insightful critique are a call for evolving appropriate processes and agencies to encourage literary creativity and evaluation. In the selected prose pieces, Premchand's views are like a prism through which a nation's literary quotient can be assessed.

This book is co-published with Aakar Books. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Writing a Novel Upanyas Rachna
• The Novel Upanyas
• Proposal for an Edition on Stories Galpaank ka Prastav
• Premchand's Response to His Honourable Critics Premchand ki Premleela ka Uttar
• The Need for Literary Clubs Sahityik Clubbon ki Avashyakta
• Lord Krishna and the World's Future Sri Krishna aur Bhavi Jagat1
• Satisfaction Paritosh
• Literary Ailments Sahityik Sannipaat
• At Shantiniketan Shantiniketan Mein
• Publications in Japan Japan Mein Patron ka Prachar
• Awards to Editors Sampadakon ke Puraskar
• Publications in Soviet Russia Soviet Roos Mein Prakashan
• The Growth of Literature Sahitya ki Pragati
• The Sufferings of Life Dukhi Jeevan
• The Objectionable Conduct of Periodical Subscribers Pattron ke Grahakon ka Aapattijanak Vyavhar
• My Delicious Books Meri Raseeli Pustakein
• The Bharatiya Pustakalaya Sangh Akhil Bharatvarshiya Pustakalaya Sangh
• Religion in Ancient Egypt Pracheen Misr ke Dharma Tatva
• Festschrifts and the Common Man Abhinandan Granth aur Sadharan Janata
• The Need for a School of Editing Sampadankala Vidyalaya ki Avashyakta
• Celebrating Tulsidas Tithi Tulsi Smriti Tithi Kaise Manayi Jaaye
• Tulsi Birth Anniversary or Tulsi Death Anniversary Tulsi Jayanti ya Tulsi Punyatithi
• What is an Interview? Interview Kya Hai
• Literary Depravity Sahityik Goondapan
• But What Happened Here? Magar Yahan Kya Hua
• A Campaign for Libraries Pustakalaya Andolan
• The Place of Hatred in Life and Literature Jeevan aur Sahitya Mein Ghrina ka Sthan
• The Need for a National Literature Association Ek Sarvdeshik Sahitya Sanstha ki Avashyakta
• The Rise or Fall of a Literature Sahitya ka Utthan ya Patan
• The Hindi Lekhak Sangh Hindi Lekhak Sangh
• Teaching the Art of Editing Sampadan Kala ki Shiksha
• Bernard Shaw's Advice to Writers Lekhakon ko Bernard Shaw ka Updesh
• An Important Suggestion for the Sahitya Sammelan Sahitya Sammelan ka Ek Mahatvapoorn Prastav
• The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan at Indore Indore Hindi Sahitya Sammelan
• The Tale of a Turmeric Seller Haldi ki Gaanthwala Pansari
• Partiality Towards Women Writers? Kya Yeh Lekhikaon ke Saath Pakshpaat Hai
• The Hindi Sahitya Parishad at Patna Patna ka Hindi Sahitya Parishad
• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Indian Literature Bharatiya Sahitya aur Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
• Enriching the National Language Rashtrabhasha Kaise Samriddh Ho
• My Humble Submission to Triveni Triveni se Hamara Namra Nivedan
• One Year of the Hindi Lekhak Sangh Hindi Lekhak Sangh ka Ek Varsh
• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Disappointment Pandit Jawaharlal Nehruji ki Nirasha
• London's New Organization of Indian Writers London Mein Bharatiya Sahityakaaron ki Ek Nayi Sanstha
• The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Sahitya Sammelan ke Vishai Mein
• The Bihar Prantiya Sahitya Sammelan, Purnea Bihar Prantiya Sahitya Sammelan, Purnea
• Institutions for Hindi Literature Hindi Sahitya ke Vidyalaya
• The Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad
• The Progressive Writers Association Pragatisheel Lekhak Sangh
• Publishing Books in Hindi Hindi Mein Pustakon ka Prakashan
• Rashidul Khairi's Social Narratives Rashidul Khairi ki Samajik Kahaniyan
• Appendix Original Hindi Titles in Alphabetical Order with Translated Titles and Publication Details
• Translators