Cultural readings of imperialism
Subtitle: Edward Said and the gravity of history
By: edited by Keith Ansell-Pearson, Benita Parry, and Judith Squires.
Contributors: Ansell-Pearson, Keith, 1960-; Parry, Benita.; Squires, Judith.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Said, Edward W.; Politics and literature.; Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Imperialism in literature.
Description: In this book of essays, the contributors, informed by Said's wide-ranging scholarship, engage with post-coloniality, literature and philosophy. This is the first collection to expand and elucidate the work of Said and it matches his critical skill and insight over an interdisciplinary field of enquiry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Chiefly papers presented at a conference held Mar. 1994, Warwick University; two other papers were originally presented at a conference held Jan. 1994, University of Bristol.