The World, the Text, and the Critic

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The World, the Text, and the Critic is a collection of essays by Edward Said that explores the relationship between literary texts, their historical and political contexts, and the role of the critic in society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
author Edward Said ⓘ
centralConcept critique of professionalized criticism ⓘ
exile and marginality of the intellectual ⓘ
historical situatedness of literature ⓘ
opposition to purely formalist criticism ⓘ
political engagement of the critic ⓘ
relationship between power and knowledge ⓘ
secular criticism ⓘ
worldliness of texts ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States ⓘ
criticized ahistorical formalism ⓘ
apolitical literary theory ⓘ
field comparative literature ⓘ
cultural studies ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
genre cultural criticism ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
hasPart essay "Secular Criticism" ⓘ
essay "The Text, the World, the Critic" ⓘ
essay "The World, the Text, and the Critic" ⓘ
essay on Auerbach ⓘ
essay on Lukács ⓘ
essay on Michel Foucault ⓘ
essay on Raymond Williams ⓘ
essay on structuralism and post-structuralism ⓘ
influencedBy Antonio Gramsci ⓘ
Erich Auerbach ⓘ
linked to: George Steiner

György Lukács ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Michel Foucault ⓘ
Raymond Williams ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postcolonial criticism ⓘ
theory of secular criticism ⓘ
mainSubject intellectual responsibility ⓘ
politics of interpretation ⓘ
relationship between literature and history ⓘ
role of the critic ⓘ
theory and practice of criticism ⓘ
worldliness of the text ⓘ
notableFor articulation of "secular criticism" as a program ⓘ
influence on postcolonial literary studies ⓘ
linking close reading to political and historical analysis ⓘ
proposes model of the critic as secular intellectual ⓘ
publisher Harvard University Press ⓘ

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