Raymond Williams' prolific output is increasingly recognised as the most influential body of work on literary and cultural studies in the past fifty years. This book provides the most comprehensive study to date of the theoretical and historical context of Williams' thinking on literature, politics and culture.
John Higgins traces:
* Williams' intellectual development
* the related growth of a New Left cultural politics
* the origins of the theory and practice of cultural materialism.
Raymond Williams is an astonishing achievement and will challenge many received ideas about Williams' work.

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The most comprehensive study to date of the theoretical and historical context of Williams' thinking on literature, politics and culture.
Contents, , Introduction, Chapter 1. The Tight Place: Marxism or Literature 1947-1950, Chapter 2. Drama and the Structure of Feeling 1947-1957, Chapter 3. Culture and Communication, Chapter 4. Cambridge Criticism 1962-1973, Chapter 5. Marxisms: Contra Caudwell, Against Althusser, Chapter 6. Towards a Cultural Materialism 1977-1981, Chapter 7. Against the New Conformism 1981-1987, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415023450
Publisert
1999-03-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
408 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

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Om bidragsyterne

John Higgins is Senior Lecturer in English and a Convenor of the Theory of Literature Programme at the University of Cape Town. He is the founding editor of the journal Pretexts: Studies in Writing and Culture.