1st Edition
Premchand on Literature and Life Selections (Translated from the Hindi)
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)
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 Jagat
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 TriveniTriveni 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 KahaniyanAppendix
Translators
Biography
Ameena Kazi Ansari teaches at the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Ruchi Nagpal is doctoral research scholar in the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
