After Said: Postcolonial Literary Studies in the Twenty-First Century

After

by Bashir Abu-Manneh (Editor)

By the time of his death in 2003, Edward Said was one of the most famous literary critics of the twentieth century. Said's work has been hugely influential far beyond academia. As a prominent advocate for the Palestinian cause and noted cultural critic, Said redefined the role of the public intellectual. This volume explores the problems and opportunities afforded by Said's work: its productive and generative capacities as well as its in-built limitations. After Said captures the essence of Said's intellectual and political contribution and his extensive impact on postcolonial studies. It examines his legacy by critically elaborating his core concepts and arguments. Among the issues it tackles are humanism, Orientalism, culture and imperialism, exile and the contrapuntal, realism and postcolonial modernism, world literature, Islamophobia, and capitalism and the political economy of empire. It is an excellent resource for students, graduates and instructors studying postcolonial literary theory and the works of Said.

232 pages, Paperback

Published December 13, 2018

Reviews

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good critique of saidian scholarship with a wide range of writers and schools of thought. while some of the attacks were repetitive and others a bit dull, i enjoyed arguments that built on said’s concepts the most..