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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830079803321

Autore

Radhakrishnan R (Rajagopalan)

Titolo

A Said dictionary / / R. Radhakrishnan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-118-25353-1

1-118-25350-7

1-280-58792-X

1-118-25351-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Disciplina

801.95092

Soggetti

Language and languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (pages [159]-169) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A SaidDictionary; Contents; List of terms; Preface; A; affiliation; Auerbach, Eric; B; beginnings; between/between-ness; C; centrism; Conrad, Joseph; contrapuntal criticism; Culture and Imperialism; D; democratic criticism; E; exile; H; humanism; I; intellectual, the; L; linguicity; N; narrative; nationalism; O; oppositional criticism/consciousness; Orient/Oriental/Orientalism; P; philology; postcoloniality; professionalism; R; represaentation; S; secular criticism; speaking truth to power; specular/border intellectual; style; T; text/textuality; theory; "Traveling Theory"; V

Vico, Giambattistavirtuosity; voyage in; W; worldliness; Z; Zionism; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This interpretive dictionary introduces the critical and theoretical world of distinguished literary and cultural critic Edward W. Said through the crucial terms and concepts central to his work. Compares and contrasts Said's perspective with other key theorists, such as Derrida, Spivak, Foucault, and JamesonDescribes the crucial terms and concepts central to Said's workPlaces the development of Said's work within its historical context