Edward Said and the Great Tradition

Jaydeep Chakrabarty

ISBN 10: 3639762509 / ISBN 13: 9783639762501

Editore: Scholars' Press Feb 2015, 2015

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Neuware -Edward W Said changed the way we saw the great tradition of English Literature. Initiated by Samuel Johnson, the process of forming and framing a nationalist canon of English literature culminated in The Great Tradition (1948) of F.R. Leavis. Said has convincingly shown how the so called great tradition was complicit with British imperialism. The book offers a re-examination of the nexus between British Imperialism and British Literature in the light of contemporary critical thought.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 96 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Edward Said and the Great Tradition
• Editore: Scholars' Press Feb 2015
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3639762509
• ISBN 13: 9783639762501
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu

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Edward W Said changed the way we saw the great tradition of English Literature. Initiated by Samuel Johnson, the process of forming and framing a nationalist canon of English literature culminated in The Great Tradition (1948) of F.R. Leavis. Said has convincingly shown how the so called great tradition was complicit with British imperialism. The book offers a re-examination of the nexus between British Imperialism and British Literature in the light of contemporary critical thought.