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Edward Said and the Literary, Social, and Political World

Edward Said and the Literary, Social, and Political World

Ranjan Ghosh

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2012
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Política y gobierno
ISBN:
9780415647441
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The contributors to this volume - many among the foremost Edward Said scholars in the world - examine Said as the literary critic, his relationship to other major contemporary thinkers and his involvement with major movements of his time (such as music, feminism, new humanism, and Marxism).

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