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As One Of Edward Said's Graduate Students And Close Friends Until His Death In 2003, Timothy Brennan Had Unprecedented Access To His Thesis Adviser's Ideas And Legacy. In This Authoritative Work, Said, The Pioneer Of Postcolonial Studies, A Tireless Champion For His Native Palestine, And An Erudite Literary Critic, Emerges As A Self-doubting, Tender, Eloquent Advocate Of Literature's Dramatic Effects On Politics And Civic Life.charting The Intertwined Routes Of Said's Intellectual Development, Places Of Mind Reveals Him As A Study In Opposites: A Cajoler And Strategist, A New York Intellectual With A Foot In Beirut, An Orchestra Impresario In Weimar And Ramallah, A Raconteur On National Television, A Palestinian Negotiator At The State Department, And An Actor In Films In Which He Played Himself. Brennan Traces The Arab Influences On Said's Thinking Along With His Tutelage Under Lebanese Statesmen, Off-beat Modernist Auteurs, And New York Literati, As Said Grew Into A Scholar Whose Influential Writings Changed The Face Of University Life Forever. With Both Intimidating Brilliance And Disarming Charm, Said Melded These Resources Into A Groundbreaking And Influential Countertradition

Author

Timothy Brennan

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526614650

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.4 / 5 (93 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14