The Selected Works of Edward Said, 1966–2006

When he passed away in 2003, the internationally acclaimed Palestinian American author Said had made transformational contributions to several fields and written 22 books, translated into many languages. This volume reveals the dazzling range of Said's oeuvre, spanning explorations of political, historical, and literary matters to the studies of humanism, secularism, and theories of the intellectual. Originally published as the shorter Edward Said Reader, this augmented edition boasts significant new material selected by the editors of the first volume, Bayoumi (English, Brooklyn Coll.) and Rubin (English, Georgetown Univ.). "Beginnings" covers early investigations into literary criticism and the Palestinian experience, "Orientalism and After" reflects Said's influence as an accomplished intellectual, and "Late Styles" relates meditations on the life of the scholar/intellectual, politics and engagement, the relationship between music and culture, and the author's discovery of a cancer diagnosis. The outstanding editorial commentary provides not only the context in which each piece was written but also its contemporaneous reception.