Reflections on Exile : And Other Literary and Cultural Essays - Softcover

Edward W. Said

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862074445 ISBN 13: 9781862074446

Publisher: Granta Books, 2001

Synopsis

This collection brings together Edward Said's essays on literary and cultural topics from over three decades. As the title essay shows, Said's own exile and the fate of the Palestinians have given form to the questions he has pursued. These essays give an insight into the formation of the critic and the development of an intellectual vocation. They cover a diverse range of topics, from the heroics of Tarzan to the machismo of Ernest Hemingway. Said offers different angles on writers and artists such as George Orwell, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, and Raymond Williams. Many of the central debates in the humanities over the last 30 years are addressed.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

The collection will serve as an ideal primer in the evolution of a critical position that established [Said's] international reputation--and gained him some fierce opponents--as a leading intellectual voice in the humanities...One of the many pleasures of this volume lies in Said's command of the personal essay...This collection contains a variety of essays that equally display his aesthetic refinement, his comparative perspective, his interdisciplinary spirit, and his ideological conviction.--Philip Mosley "Comparative Literature Studies "

About this edition

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1862074445
• ISBN 13: 9781862074446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656