Edard Said and the Literary, Social, and Political World [Hardcover]

Edward Said is widely recognized for his work as a critic and theorist of Orientalism and the Palestine crisis, but far less attention has been devoted to his considerable body of literary and cultural criticism. In this edited collection, the contributors - many among the foremost Said scholars in the world - examine Said as the literary critic; his relationship to other major contemporary thinkers (including Derrida, Ricoeur, Barthes and Bloom); and his involvement with major movements and concerns of his time (such as music, Feminism, New Humanism, and Marxism). Featuring freshly carved out essays on new areas of intervention, the volume is an indispensable addition for those interested in Edward Said and the many areas in which his legacy looms.

Foreword  Benita Parry.  Acknowledgments.  Introduction.  Section A  1. A Roomy Place Full of Possibility : Saids Orientalism and the Literary  Nicholas Harrison  2. Edward Said and Roland Barthes: Criticism versus Essayism. Or: Roads and Meetings Missed  Andy Stafford  3. Derrida and Said: Ships that Pass in the Night  Caroline Rooney  4. Said .. Bloom &. Vico  Graham Allen  5. The Materiality and Ideality of Text: Said and Ricoeur  Karl Simms.  Section B  6.  The Southern Question and Saids Geographical Critical Consciousness.  Shaobo Xie  7. Fellow Travellers and Homeless Souls: Saids Critical Marxism  Ross Abbinnett  8. Edward Said and the Interplay of Music, History, and Ideology  Derek B. Scott  9. Edward Said and (the Postcolonial Occlusion of) Gender