{"product_id":"the-selected-works-of-edward-said-1966-2006-9780525565314","title":"The Selected Works of Edward Said, 1966 - 2006","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe renowned literary and cultural critic Edward Said was one of our era's most provocative and important thinkers. This comprehensive collection of his work draws from across his entire four-decade career, including his posthumously published books, making it a definitive one-volume source. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar, aesthete, and political activist...[He] challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Works\u003c\/i\u003e includes key sections from all of Said's books, including his groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eOrientalism;\u003c\/i\u003e his memoir, \u003ci\u003eOut of Place\u003c\/i\u003e; and his last book, \u003ci\u003eOn Late Style\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether writing of Zionism or Palestinian self-determination, Jane Austen or Yeats, or of music or the media, Said's uncompromising intelligence casts urgent light on every subject he undertakes. \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Works\u003c\/i\u003e is a joy for the general reader and an indispensable resource for scholars in the many fields that his work has influenced and transformed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e (1978); \u003ci\u003eThe Question of Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e (1979); \u003ci\u003eCovering Islam\u003c\/i\u003e (1980); \u003ci\u003eThe World, the Text, and the Critic\u003c\/i\u003e (1983); \u003ci\u003eCulture and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e (1993); \u003ci\u003ePeace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process\u003c\/i\u003e (1996); and \u003ci\u003eOut of Place: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for \u003ci\u003eAl-Hayat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAl-Ahram\u003c\/i\u003e; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608651665682,"sku":"9780525565314","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_125c8f02-b57b-4fcc-8071-78dfcb05b9ec.jpg?v=1732323873","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-selected-works-of-edward-said-1966-2006-9780525565314","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}