Edward Said and the Work of the Critic

Edward Said and the Work of the Critic
Title Edward Said and the Work of the Critic PDF eBook
Author Paul A. Bové
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 334
Release 2000-06
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780822325222

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DIVA distinguished panel of contributors assess and expand Edward Said’s many contributions to the study of colonialism, imperialism and representation that have marked his career-long struggle to end conflict and further the effort to build civilizati/div

The World, the Text, and the Critic

The World, the Text, and the Critic
Title The World, the Text, and the Critic PDF eBook
Author Edward W. Said
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 340
Release 1983
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780674961876

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Said demonstrates that critical discourse has been strengthened by the writings of Derrida and Foucault and by influences like Marxism, structuralism, linguistics, and psychoanalysis. But, he argues, these forces have compelled literature to meet the requirements of a theory or system, ignoring complex affiliations binding the texts to the world.

Edward Said

Edward Said
Title Edward Said PDF eBook
Author Abdirahman A. Hussein
Publisher Verso
Pages 354
Release 2004-09-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781859843901

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The only intellectual biography of the groundbreaking author of Orientalism, published on the first anniversary of Said's death.

Orientalism

Orientalism
Title Orientalism PDF eBook
Author Edward W. Said
Publisher Vintage
Pages 434
Release 2014-10-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0804153868

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A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—three decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding.

Places of Mind

Places of Mind
Title Places of Mind PDF eBook
Author Timothy Brennan
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages 464
Release 2021-03-23
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0374714711

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The first comprehensive biography of the most influential, controversial, and celebrated Palestinian intellectual of the twentieth century As someone who studied under Edward Said and remained a friend until his death in 2003, Timothy Brennan had unprecedented access to his thesis adviser’s ideas and legacy. In this authoritative work, Said, the pioneer of postcolonial studies, a tireless champion for his native Palestine, and an erudite literary critic, emerges as a self-doubting, tender, eloquent advocate of literature’s dramatic effects on politics and civic life. Charting the intertwined routes of Said’s intellectual development, Places of Mind reveals him as a study in opposites: a cajoler and strategist, a New York intellectual with a foot in Beirut, an orchestra impresario in Weimar and Ramallah, a raconteur on national television, a Palestinian negotiator at the State Department, and an actor in films in which he played himself. Brennan traces the Arab influences on Said’s thinking along with his tutelage under Lebanese statesmen, off-beat modernist auteurs, and New York literati, as Said grew into a scholar whose influential writings changed the face of university life forever. With both intimidating brilliance and charm, Said melded these resources into a groundbreaking and influential countertradition of radical humanism, set against the backdrop of techno-scientific dominance and religious war. With unparalleled clarity, Said gave the humanities a new authority in the age of Reaganism, one that continues today. Drawing on the testimonies of family, friends, students, and antagonists alike, and aided by FBI files, unpublished writings, and Said's drafts of novels and personal letters, Places of Mind synthesizes Said’s intellectual breadth and influence into an unprecedented, intimate, and compelling portrait of one of the great minds of the twentieth century.

Edward Said

Edward Said
Title Edward Said PDF eBook
Author H. Aram Veeser
Publisher Routledge
Pages 430
Release 2010-05-10
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1136932577

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This insightful critical biography shows us an Edward Said we did not know. H. Aram Veeser brings forth not the Said of tabloid culture, or Said the remote philosopher, but the actual man, embedded in the politics of the Middle East but soaked in the values of the West and struggling to advance the best European ideas. Veeser shows the organic ties connecting his life, politics, and criticism. Drawing on what he learned over 35 years as Said's student and skeptical admirer, Veeser uses never-before-published interviews, debate transcripts, and photographs to discover a Said who had few inhibitions and loathed conventional routine. He stood for originality, loved unique ideas, wore marvelous clothes, and fought with molten fury. For twenty years he embraced and rejected, at the same time, not only the West, but also literary theory and the PLO. At last, his disgust with business-as-usual politics and criticism marooned him on the sidelines of both. The candid tale of Said's rise from elite academic precincts to the world stage transforms not only our understanding of Said—the man and the myth—but also our perception of how intellectuals can make their way in the world.

Edward Said

Edward Said
Title Edward Said PDF eBook
Author Adel Iskandar
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 603
Release 2010
Genre History
ISBN 0520245466

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This indispensable volume, a comprehensive and wide-ranging resource on Edward Said's life and work, spans his broad legacy both within and beyond the academy. The book brings together contributions from 31 luminaries to engage Said's provocative ideas.