The geocritical legacies of Edward W. Said : spatiality, critical humanism, and comparative literature / edited by Robert T. Tally Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tally, Robert T., Jr., editor.

Series:

Geocriticism and spatial literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Said, Edward W--Criticism and interpretation.

Said, Edward W.

Said, Edward W--Influence.

Geocriticism.

Space in literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Geographical perception in literature.

Geography and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 230 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"Edward W. Said remains one of the most important literary and cultural critics in the world. A towering figure in postcolonial studies, Said may be equally well regarded for his scholarship in comparative literature, critical theory, and intellectual history. Less well known, perhaps, is Said's immense influence on geocriticism or spatial literary studies. The Geocritical Legacies of Edward W. Said brings together a variety of essays which, each in its own way, highlight the significance of Said's work for contemporary spatial criticism. With contributions from both established literary critics and emerging scholars, this collection provides a representative sample of work being done in the wake of Said's multifaceted and enormous critical project"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction: The World, the Text, and the Geocritic; Robert T. Tally Jr. 1. Said, Space, and Biopolitics: Giorgio Agamben's and D.H. Lawrence's States of Exception; Russell West-Pavlov 2. Orient Within, Orient Without: Said's "Hostipitality" towards Arnoldian Culture; Emel Tastekin, 3. Edward W. Said, the Sphere of Humanism, and the Neoliberal University; Jeffrey Hole 4. Back to Beginnings: Reading Between Aesthetics and Politics; Daniel Rosenberg Nutters 5. Revisiting Said's "Secular Criticism": Anarchism, Enabling Ethics, and Oppositional Ethics; Darwin H. Tsen and Charlie Wesley 6. Transnational Identity in Crisis: Re-reading Edward W. Said's Out of Place; Sobia Khan 7. De-Orienting Aesthetic Education; Cameron Bushnell 8. Dangerous Insight: (Not) Seeing Australian Aborigines in the Narrative of James Murrells; Kristine Kelly 9. Exilic Consciousness and Alternative Modernist Geographies in the Work of Olive Schreiner and Katherine Mansfield; Elizabeth Syrkin10. Mundus Totus Exilium Est: Reflections on the Critic in Exile; Robert T. Tally Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137489791

1137489790

OCLC:

887848144