TY - BOOK ID - 7744124 TI - Edward Said : the charisma of criticism PY - 2010 SN - 9780415902649 0415902649 9780203846193 9781136932533 9781136932571 9781136932588 1136932577 9786612586132 0203846192 1136932585 1282586130 PB - New York London : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Critics KW - Intellectuals KW - Scholars KW - Palestinian Americans KW - Said, Edward W. KW - Intellectuelen. KW - Verenigde Staten. KW - Said, Edward Wadie (1935-2003) KW - Intellectuels KW - Américains d'origine arabe KW - Critique KW - Biographies KW - États-Unis KW - Américains d'origine arabe KW - États-Unis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7744124 AB - This insightful critical biography shows us an Edward Said we did not know. H. Aram Veeser brings forth not the Said of tabloid culture, or Said the remote philosopher, but the actual man, embedded in the politics of the Middle East but soaked in the values of the West and struggling to advance the best European ideas. Veeser shows the organic ties connecting his life, politics, and criticism.Drawing on what he learned over 35 years as Said's student and skeptical admirer, Veeser uses never-before-published interviews, debate transcripts, and photographs to discover a Said who had few inhibitions and loathed conventional routine. He stood for originality, loved unique ideas, wore marvelous clothes, and fought with molten fury. For twenty years he embraced and rejected, at the same time, not only the West, but also literary theory and the PLO. At last, his disgust with business-as-usual politics and criticism marooned him on the sidelines of both. The candid tale of Said's rise from elite academic precincts to the world stage transforms not only our understanding of Said-the man and the myth-but also our perception of how intellectuals can make their way in the world. ER -