M. A. R. Habib

M. A. Rafey Habib is an academic humanities scholar and poet.

His published books are about literary theory,^[1] T. S. Eliot,^[2] Urdu poetry,^[3] translating the Quran, pacifism in Islam,^[4][5] and the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.^[6] He is currently Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at Rutgers University-Camden,^[4]

Works

Habib's books include:

• The Qur'an: A Verse Translation (2024)^[7]
• Hegel and the Foundations of Literary Theory (2018)^[8]
• Hegel and Empire: From Postcolonialism to Globalism (2017)^[6]
• The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Volume 6, The Nineteenth Century, c.1830–1914 (2013)^[9]
• A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (revised 5th ed., 2012)^[10]
• Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present: An Introduction (2011)^[11]
• Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Century (2010)^[4][5][12]
• Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History (2008)^[13]
• A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present (2005)^[1]
• An Anthology of Modern Urdu Poetry: In English Translation (translated and edited, 2003)^[3]
• The Early T.S. Eliot and Western Philosophy (1999)^[2]
• The Dissident Voice: Poems of N.M. Ráshed (translated and edited, 1993)^[14]

References

1. Habib, M. A. R. (2005). A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405176088. Review:
   • Tambling, Jeremy (July 2007). The Modern Language Review. 102 (3): 812–813. doi:10.2307/20467438. JSTOR 20467438.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
2. Habib, Rafey (1999). The Early T. S. Eliot and Western Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521063531. Reviews:
   • Roeffaers, H. (Fall 2000). Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. 62 (2): 399–400. JSTOR 40888910.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Rainford, Lydia (February 2001). The Review of English Studies. 52 (205): 156–158. JSTOR 3070521.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Wilkins, Christopher (Fall 2001). International Journal of the Classical Tradition. 8 (2): 335–338. JSTOR 30224216.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
3. Habib, M. A. R. (2003). An Anthology of Modern Urdu Poetry: In English Translation, with Urdu Text. MLA Texts and Translations. Modern Language Association. ISBN 9780873527972. Review:
   • Ramaswamy, Anushiya (Summer 2009). "Translating Modern Urdu Poetry". Papers on Language and Literature. 45 (3): 325–329. ProQuest 198423858.
4. "Rutgers Professor Pens Book Of Poetry On Islam In The 21st Century". CBS Philly. October 31, 2010.
5. McGowan, Michael W. (2015). The Bridge: Revelation and Its Implications. Wipf and Stock. p. 2. ISBN 9781498270601.
6. Habib, M. A. R. (2017). Hegel and Empire: From Postcolonialism to Globalism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3319684116. Reviews:
   • Bertholf, Garry (June 2019). The Philosophical Quarterly. 70 (279): 424–426. doi:10.1093/pq/pqz034.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Shaw, Wendy (November 2019). New Global Studies. 13 (3): 404–409. doi:10.1515/ngs-2019-0018. S2CID 199156029.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
7. Habib, Rafey (2024). The Qur'an: A Verse Translation. Liveright. ISBN 978-0871404992.
8. Habib, M. A. R. (2018). Hegel and the Foundations of Literary Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108602952. ISBN 978-1108471381. Review:
   • Harris, Oliver (September 2020). Hegel Bulletin. 42 (3): 476–479. doi:10.1017/hgl.2020.23.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
9. Habib, M. A. R. (2013). The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Volume 6, the Nineteenth Century, c.1830-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1316606100. Review:
   • Collini, Stefan (November 2014). Modern Philology. 112 (2): E197–E201. doi:10.1086/677193. JSTOR 10.1086/677193. S2CID 164129377.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
10. Cuddon, J. A. (2012). M. A. R., Habib (ed.). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0141047157. Reviews:
    • Filipczak, Dorota (January 2013). "A garden of orismological delights". Text Matters – A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture. 3 (3). University of Lodz. doi:10.2478/texmat-2013-0039. hdl:11089/8506.
    • Langan, Kathleen A. (February 2014). Reference Reviews. 28 (2). Emerald: 25–26. doi:10.1108/rr-09-2013-0239.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
11. Habib, M. A. R. (2011). Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1405160353.
12. Habib, M. A. R. (2010). Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Century. Markfield: Kube Publishing.
13. Habib, Rafey (2008). Modern literary criticism and theory: A history. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405176668.
14. Ráshed, N. M. (1993). The Dissident Voice. Oxford University Press. Review:
    • Perry, John Oliver (Fall 1993). World Literature Today. 67 (4): 902–903. doi:10.2307/40149819. JSTOR 40149819.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

External links

• Rutgers home page