On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain (Edward Said)
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Edward Said examines the tensions that distinguish the late work of writers and composers.
He considers how approaching death can enter an artist’s choices and forms of expression.
Examples from literature and music reveal unresolved conflicts rather than a single pattern of maturity.
These works can resist the expectations and prevailing tastes of their time.
The book connects artistic lateness with contradiction, difficulty, and the persistence of creative work.
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