- Colonies, Colonies in literature, European literature, History and criticism
In a series of essays, Said argues the impact of mainstream culture (mainly British writers of the 19th and early 20th century, like Jane Austen and Rudyard Kipling) on colonialism and imperialism, and conversely how imperialism, resistance to it, and decolonization influenced the English and French novel.
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Cool, grave, classical in form and earnest.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Edward W. Said, E. Said
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 509
- Publisher
- Fayard, Chatto & Windus, Hil Yayinlari
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- ukr, tur, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781448161904
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Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural critic, Said is best known for his book *Orientalism* (1978), a foundational text which critiques the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.
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