On Late Style : Music and Literature Against the Grain

ISBN-13: 9781350016804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 144 str.

Edward Said

Opis

On Late Style was the final published work of Edward Said, author of Orientalism and one of the most important cultural critics of the post-war era. Said explores the works of artists in their twilight years and find that these works are often rebellious rather than conservative, prophetic not nostalgic and creatively restless far more than they are complacent. Deftly ranging across literature, music, art and film and the works of such artists as Euripides, Beethoven, Mozart, Genet and Mann, On Late Style is a dazzling display from one of the great critics of the 20th century. The book includes a foreword by Mariam C. Said and an introduction by Michael Wood.

Recenzje

Said's last book is a series of dazzling case studies exploring the idea of lateness in a range of composers, writers and artists. London Review of Books

Spis treści

Foreword by Mariam C. SaidIntroduction by Michael Wood1. Timeliness and Lateness2. Return to the Eighteenth Century3. Cosìfan tutte at the Limits4. On Jean Genet5. A Lingering Old Order6. The Virtuoso as Intellectual7. Glimpses of Late StyleNotesIndex

O autorze

Edward Said (1935-2003) was one of the founding voices of postcolonial critical theory and the author of Orientalism, one of the most impassioned and influential works in its field. One of the most high profile advocates for Palestinian rights, he was also University Professor English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, USA. Edward Said was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was the author of more than twenty books, including Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism and On Late Style and his essays and reviews appeared in newspapers and periodicals throughout the world. Edward Said died in September 2003.