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d Edward Said: Places of Mind c A Critical Biography of Edward Said Written by: Prof. Essam Fattouh Professor of English Literature Department of English Faculty of Arts – University of Alexandria Since his untimely death in 2003, his varied and original critical interventions as a reader of the masterpieces of Western literature, his deconstruction of orientalism, as well as a key spokesman for the Palestinian people, have attracted dozens of works entirely dedicated to explicating, debating and – sometimes – contesting a lifetime of important and active contributions to these fields. Timothy Brennan’s brilliant study of Said’s life and achievement surpasses by far most earlier works on this seminal thinker. Brennan’s biography painstakingly explores Said’s Palestinian origins, his childhood in Egypt, and the various influences that affected him in the USA, from high school till the completion of his PhD from Princeton University. ...