The World, The Text, And The Critic by Edward W. Said
A sustained argument for a criticism that refuses to treat literary works as self-contained aesthetic objects detached from history, society, and power; the essays insist that texts circulate within political and cultural contexts and that critics must practice a responsible, historically informed, and ethically engaged reading that links literature to questions of ideology, exile, and marginality. Rejecting purely formalist or professionalized approaches, the collection defends the public role of the critic as a reflective intellectual who attends to the interplay of language, biography, and social forces while remaining open to the multiple voices and contradictions a text contains.
- Published
- 1983
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-300
- Original Language
- English
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