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Chapter 8 - Edward Said

Literature and the World

from Part II - Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

By
Conor McCarthy
Edited by
Joel Evans
Joel Evans
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

Edward Said’s lifelong commitment to Romance philology and the discipline of Comparative Literature gave him an unusual and critical angle on the globalization of culture and ideas. This chapter explains that heritage and demonstrates the usefulness and power of that critique.

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criticismphilologyEdward SaidGiambattista VicoErich AuerbachTimothy Brennancomparative literatureworldliness
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Globalization and Literary Studies , pp. 126 - 143
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Edward Said
  • Edited by Joel Evans, University of Nottingham
  • Book: Globalization and Literary Studies
  • Online publication: 01 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887915.009
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  • Edward Said
  • Edited by Joel Evans, University of Nottingham
  • Book: Globalization and Literary Studies
  • Online publication: 01 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887915.009
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  • Edward Said
  • Edited by Joel Evans, University of Nottingham
  • Book: Globalization and Literary Studies
  • Online publication: 01 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887915.009
Available formats
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