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In his final book, Edward Said explores the work of great artists, from Beethoven and Mozart to Genet and Mann, in their later years.

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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.

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Foreword by Mariam C. Said
Introduction by Michael Wood

1. Timeliness and Lateness
2. Return to the Eighteenth Century
3. Cosìfan tutte at the Limits
4. On Jean Genet
5. A Lingering Old Order
6. The Virtuoso as Intellectual
7. Glimpses of Late Style

Notes
Index

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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

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Said, Edward
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.

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