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The Edward Said Reader

The Edward Said Reader

by EdwardW.Said (Author), Andrew Rubin (Editor), Moustafa Bayoumi (Editor)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

A presentation of key selections from Edward Said's works, from his groundbreaking 1966 study of Joseph Conrad and the influential Orientalism , through to Culture and Imperialism , to the recently critically acclaimed Out of Place . Said tackles a number of diverse subjects, from the fight for Palestinian self-determination, to critiques on Jane Austen and Rudyard Kipling. This volume serves as a resource for scholars of politics, literature, history, and cultural studies.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 508
 Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 11 Oct 2001
ISBN 10: 1862074453
ISBN 13: 9781862074453

Media Reviews
One of the leading thinkers of the age. -- The New York Observer
Edward Said is the most distingished and cultural critic now writing in America. --Cornel West
Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar, aesthete, and political activist...[He] challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area. -- Washington Post Book World
No one studying the relations between the metroploitan West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work. -- The New York Times Book Review

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author Bio
Edward Said is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and the author of eighteen books. Out of Place and The End of the Peace Process, Said's prescient critique of the Oslo peace accord, are both available from Granta Books.