Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem
and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended
Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963,
he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University
Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in
New York City.
He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated
into 35 languages, including Orientalism (1978); The Question of
Palestine (1979); Covering Islam (1980); The World, the Text, and
the Critic (1983); Culture and Imperialism (1993); Peace and
Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace
Process (1996); and Out of Place: A Memoir (1999). Besides his
academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for Al-Hayat and
Al-Ahram; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia,
and the Middle East; and was the music critic for The Nation.
"Grandly conceived . . . urgently written and urgently needed. . .
. No one studying the relations between the metropolitan West and
the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work.' --The New York
Times Book Review
"Culture and Imperialism has an eloquent, urgent topicality rare in
books by literary critics. . . . Said is a brilliant and unique
amalgam of scholar, aesthete, and political activist. . . . His
learning is global." --Washington Post Book World
"Rough-and-ready scholarship from today's street fight in the
humanities. . . . Said reads passionately and bravely. . . . He
challenges everyone to read fiction in the most comprehensive
manner possible." --Philadelphia Inquirer
"Readers accustomed to the precision and elegance of Edward Said's
analytical prowess will not be disappointed by Culture and
Imperialism. Those discovering Said for the first time will be
profoundly impressed." --Toni Morrison
"In Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said's immense erudition and
interpretive audacity are brought to bear on a variety of
literatures, reanimating the terms of his title and discovering, in
the process, how some of the most revered cultural productions call
upon the same energies that go into the building of empires. His
book will likely become a classic of contemporary criticism."
--Richard Poirier
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