Edward Said and AutoBioGraphy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11981963 |
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| Authors | Norman Saadi Nikro (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient Kirchweg 33 14129 Berlin Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 429-443 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geschichte und Gesellschaft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-613X • E-ISSN: 2196-9000 |
| Publisher | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.13109/gege.2019.45.3.429 |
| OpenAlex | W2994145493 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Just four years before his death, in 1999, Edward Said published his memoir. Titled “Out of Place,” he had been working on the book since 1993, soon after he had been diagnosed with a terminal disease. Throughout his career, Said had always referenced his life experiences, particularly in his prefaces and introductions to his books. This essay discusses his relationship to autobiography, a relationship that began with his first book, “Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography” (1965). Emphasizing a phenomenological approach to Said’s personal reflections, the essay argues against a purely textual or (de)constructivist reading of his self-reflections
Art · Art history · Biography · Literature · Memoir · Psychoanalysis · Reading (process · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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