{"product_id":"edward-said-a-critical-reader-paperback-softback-9781557862297","title":"Edward Said; A Critical Reader (Paperback \/ softback) 9781557862297","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEdward Said\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Sprinker (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781557862297, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 January 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 20 x 1.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Will introduce students to the multifarious cultural problems that can be subsumed under the rubric of \u003ci\u003eEdward Said.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVoice Literature Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent collection of critical essays on the writings of \u003ci\u003eEdward Said\u003c\/i\u003e. Highly recommended as an assessment of one of the most influential and readable critics of today's international cultural scene.\" \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The reader is a vibrant collection of scholarly essays which elaborate different nuances which issue from Said's written work, his academic position, his politics, his cultural positionality, and the ways in which he negotiates these.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It is a wonderful collection of dense and rigorous analysis, which covers cultural studies, anthropolgy, politics, literature and history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Reading through all these critical analyses of Said's work is refreshingly challenging, and it is rewarded at the end with the \"Interview with Edward Said\" with Jenifer Wicke and Michael Sprinker.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The interview sweeps eloquently through major considerations, like nationalism, canonical works, narrativization, and marxism.\" \u003ci\u003eVisions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume is the first book-length examination of Said's remarkable career, providing a critical survey of his writings and an interim assessment of his achievements in both the cultural and political spheres. This collection includes essays on the Arab-Islamic context of Said's work, his reception among Israeli and American Jews, the institutional contexts of his cultural criticism, and his interventions in Middle Eastern politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: \u003ci\u003eMichael Sprinker\u003c\/i\u003e (State University of New York, Stony Brook). \u003cp\u003e1. Connections with Palestine: \u003ci\u003eNubar Hovsepian\u003c\/i\u003e (American Council for Palestine Affairs, New York).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Overlapping Territories and Intertwined Histories: Edward Said's Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism: \u003ci\u003eBenita Parry\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The East is a Career: Edward Said and the Logics of Professionalism: \u003ci\u003eBruce Robbins\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Places of Mind, Occupied Lands: Edward Said and Philology: \u003ci\u003eTimothy Brennan\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Michigan, Purdue University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Worldliness-without-World, Homelessness-as-Home: Towards a Definition of the Specular Border Intellectual: \u003ci\u003eAbdul R. JanMohamed\u003c\/i\u003e (University of California, Berkeley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Antinomies of Exile: Said at the Frontiers of National Narration: \u003ci\u003eElla Shohat\u003c\/i\u003e (City University of New York).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. East of Said: \u003ci\u003eRichard G. Fox\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke University, Durham).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Resonance of the Arab-Islamic Heritage in the Work of Edward Said: \u003ci\u003eFerial J. Ghazoul\u003c\/i\u003e (American University in Cairo, Egypt).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Palestinian Intellectual and the Liberation of the Academy: \u003ci\u003eBarbara Harlow\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Texas at Austin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Their Own Words? An Essay for Edward Said: \u003ci\u003ePartha Chatterjee\u003c\/i\u003e Interview with Edward Said: \u003ci\u003eJennifer Wicke and Michael Sprinker\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography of Edward Said's Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language: reference \u0026amp; general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language: reference \u0026amp; general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language:%20reference%20\u0026amp;%20general%20%5BCB%5D%22\"\u003eCB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501421654296,"sku":"9781557862297","price":34.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781557862297.jpg?v=1786237173","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/edward-said-a-critical-reader-paperback-softback-9781557862297","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}