Raymond Williams
Literature, Marxism and Cultural Materialism
By John Higgins
- Price: $120.00
- Binding/Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 978-0-415-02344-3
- Publish Date: March 18th 1999
- Imprint: Routledge
- Pages: 240 pages
Series: Critics of the Twentieth Century
Description
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.