Description
The founding father of cultural theory posits a radical new direction for avant-garde art
About the Author
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).
Reviews
A toughly analytic mind is fueled by the rich emotional resources of a creative writer. -- Terry Eagleton
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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781844675807
Author Raymond Williams
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 20mm