Edward Said Summary

Said, Edward W. SAID, EDWARD W. (1935–2003) is best known as the author of the influential and widely read Orientalism (1978), a study of the modes of thought and writing which have created a M... Read more

Edward W. Said's stature as a major contemporary American critic rests on highly original works that link theories of representation to cultural politics. Earlier in his career, he was one of a handfu... Read more

In the following review, Wood appraises the strengths and weaknesses of Culture and Imperialism, linking its ideas to Said's earlier writings. What redeems certain empires, or perhaps only t... Read more

Below, Gilmour sympathizes with Said's attitude about the Palestinian issues discussed in The Politics of Dispossession. The most remarkable feature of the Arab-Israeli conflict has been not... Read more

In the following review, Wilson examines Said's notion of "contrapuntal reading" exemplified by Said's close reading of Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park in Culture... Read more

In the review below, Smith generally praises the themes and tone of Peace and Its Discontents but notes that "the articles are dated." An intellectual, says Edward W. Said, a professo... Read more

In the essay below, Smith provides an overview of Said's life and career. On the afternoon of December 14, a Columbia University professor returning home from London, where he'd deliv... Read more

In the following review, Kermode discusses the musical and political themes of Musical Elaborations. The Wellek Library Lectures at the University of California, Irvine, are meant to be about Criti... Read more

In the review below, Kelly blasts Said's representations of the British empire in Culture and Imperialism. In the beginning was the word. Impérialisme was coined 150 years ago, during... Read more