Culture and Politics :Class, Writing, Socialism
Culture and Politics :Class, Writing, Socialism
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11 January, 2022
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Published to coincide with the centenary of his birth and showing the full range of his work, from his early writings on the novel and society, to later work on ecosocialism and the politics of modernism, Culture and Politics shows Williams at both his most accessible and his most penetrating. An essential book for all those interested in the politics of culture in the twentieth century, and the development of Williams's work.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781788738637 |
| ISBN10 | 1788738632 |
| Number Of Pages | 240 |
| Item Weight | 231 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 210 x 15 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Verso Books |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
“The left's foremost cultural historian and critic... an acute and perceptive political commentator.”
– Comment
“Williams is the Western thinker who, along with Antonio Gramsci, has done most to enlarge our understanding of the political complexities of culture.”
– Village Voice
Author's Bio
Raymond Williams was born in 1921 in the Welsh border village of Pandy, and was educated at the village school, at Abergavenny Grammar School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was elected Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1961 and was later appointed University Professor of Drama.
His books include Culture and Society (1958), The Long Revolution (1961) and its sequel Towards 2000 (1983); Communications (1962) and Television: Technology and Cultural Form (1974); Drama in Performance (1954), Modern Tragedy (1966) and Drama from Ibsen to Brecht (1968); The English Novel from Dickens to Lawrence (1970), Orwell (1971) and The Country and the City (1973); Politics and Letters (interviews) (1979) and Problems in Materialism and Culture (selected essays) (1980); and four novels - the Welsh trilogy of Border Country (1960), Second Generation (1964) and The Fight for Manod (1979), and The Volunteers (1978).