Edward W. Said

Edward William Said

Investigates the relationship between culture and the imperialism of the West through an examination of the concept of empire-building in Western literature

Culture and Imperialism

Following his profoundly influential study on Orientalism, Edward Said examines Western Culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to the media coverage of the Gulf War, Culture and Imperialism is a broad, fierce, and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture.